Castlecombe Youth Centre, Castlecombe Road, Mottingham, London, SE9 4AT Data via plota.co.uk

26/00675/FPA - Full planning permission Approved

Proposal

Demolition of the existing youth centre building and redevelopment of the site to provide 10 affordable houses (including family housing) arranged as a two-storey terrace with associated access, parking, landscaping, refuse stores and cycle stores. Data via plota.co.uk

View original council record ↗Last checked

Application progress

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Received
20 Feb 2026
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Validated
13 Mar 2026
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Approved
17 Sept 2026

Approved on 17 Sept 2026 · Development Control Committee · Last checked 23 Sept 2026

Documents 54

Plans & drawings 26

PDF Proposed Ground and Landscape Plan -P-1000- REV A Drawing · 3 Jun 2026 View ↗ PDF Proposed Floor Plan - House Type 03 - P-2052 REV A Drawing · 3 Jun 2026 View ↗ PDF Proposed Site Plan - P-1050 REV A Drawing · 3 Jun 2026 View ↗ PDF Proposed GA Plans - Ground, First and Roof Plans - P-2000 REV A Drawing · 3 Jun 2026 View ↗ PDF Proposed Elevations - P-4000 REV A Drawing · 3 Jun 2026 View ↗ PDF Proposed Floor Plan - House Type 02 - P-2051 REV A Drawing · 3 Jun 2026 View ↗ PDF Existing Site Plan - 1266-P-0010/Rev B Block Plan · 13 Mar 2026 View ↗ PDF Existing Section A-A & B-B - 11217-PR-CYC-ZZ-DR-A-ED301/Rev P1 Drawing · 13 Mar 2026 View ↗ PDF Existing Ground Floor Plan - 11217-PR-CYC-ZZ-DR-A-ED101/Rev P2 Drawing · 13 Mar 2026 View ↗ PDF Existing Elevation Plans - 11217-PR-CYC-ZZ-DR-A-ED201/Rev P1 Drawing · 13 Mar 2026 View ↗ PDF Drawing Issue Sheet Supporting Document · 13 Mar 2026 View ↗ PDF Site Location Plan - 1266-P-0001/Rev B Location Plan · 13 Mar 2026 View ↗ PDF Proposed Ground and Landscape Plan - P-1000 Drawing · 20 Feb 2026 View ↗ PDF Proposed Site Plan - P 1050 Drawing · 20 Feb 2026 View ↗ PDF Proposed GA Plans - P 2000 Drawing · 20 Feb 2026 View ↗ PDF Proposed Floor Plan House Type 03 - P 2052 Drawing · 20 Feb 2026 View ↗ PDF Proposed GA Sections - P-3100 Drawing · 20 Feb 2026 View ↗ PDF Proposed Elevations - P 4000 Drawing · 20 Feb 2026 View ↗ PDF Proposed Floor Plan House Type 01 - P-2050 Drawing · 20 Feb 2026 View ↗ PDF Planting Schedule - 892-OUT-ZZ-ZZ-D-L-4001 P02 Drawing · 20 Feb 2026 View ↗ PDF Planting Plan - 892-OUT-ZZ-ZZ-D-L-4000 P03 Drawing · 20 Feb 2026 View ↗ PDF Landscape General Arrangement Plan - 829-OUT-ZZ-ZZ-D-L-1000 P03 Drawing · 20 Feb 2026 View ↗ PDF Existing/Proposed Context Elevations - P 4050 Drawing · 20 Feb 2026 View ↗ PDF Tree Protection Plan - 892-OUT-ZZ-ZZ-D-L-1000 A Drawing · 20 Feb 2026 View ↗ PDF Landscape General Arrangement Plan - 892-OUT-ZZ-ZZ-D-L-1000 P03 Drawing · 20 Feb 2026 View ↗ PDF Proposed Floor Plan House Type 02- P 2051 Drawing · 20 Feb 2026 View ↗

All documents on the council site ↗

Site constraints 5

Air quality management area: Aqma 2020
The council has declared the area as failing an air quality objective.
Schemes that add traffic, parking or combustion plant are assessed against the area's action plan and may need an air quality assessment.
Council record ↗
Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 2
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
Also on the record
Inside the Bromley built-up area; Priority habitat about 25 m away: Deciduous woodland; Metropolitan Open Land about 32 m away.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 11 September 2026. The pin for this application is the centre of its postcode rather than the building, so distances to nearby designations are measured from the postcode and can be out by the width of the postcode area. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England and council datasets, Open Government Licence. A boundary can run through a site and the council holds the definitive record: confirm with the council before relying on this.

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Important details

Council
Bromley
Application type
Full planning permission
Postcode
SE9 4AT
Received
20 Feb 2026
Validated
13 Mar 2026
Ward
Mottingham
Case officer
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Target decision
12 Jun 2026
Decision
GRANTED SUBJECT TO SECTION 106 LEGAL AGREEMENT
Decision date
17 Sept 2026
Decision level
Development Control Committee
Applicant
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How this decision compares

Decided in 188 days from validation, 126 days slower than Bromley's median of 62 for community buildings. Approved, as 72% of community buildings here are.

44%decided within 8 weeks
72%approved
20%go to committee

Plota live figures for community buildings decided by Bromley in the last twelve months, from validation. Bromley decision record →

Public comments

12comments received
11 objecting1 neutral

92% object · above the UK average of 75%

Last counted 23 Sept 2026

Read the comments on the council site ↗

Consultation & key dates

Comments by
9 Apr 2026
Committee
23 Jul 2026
Bromley
Planning Authority Score
4.4/10
Below average
#178 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Householder decisions

Bromley ranks #143 out of 296 councils for householder decision speed. Bromley is also one of the strictest councils - it refuses more householder applications than almost any other, with only 79% approved vs 90% nationally.

One of the strictest councils
only 79% approved vs 90% nationally
These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application. View full council performance
Bromley decision statistics
Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026
77%
Overall approval rate
Below avg (87%) #276 of 296
79%
Householder approved
Below avg (90%) #280 of 296
66%
Decided in 8 weeks
Above avg (63%) #143 of 296
33%
Extended time limit
Below avg (41%) #72 of 296
63%
Minor dwellings approved
70 decided (1-9 homes)
88%
Major dwellings approved
8 decided (10+ homes)
50%
Change of use approved
42 decided
2,164
Total decisions
500 refused in the year to March 2026