West Wickham Water Treatment Works (WTW), Addington Road, West Wickham, BR4 9BF Data via plota.co.uk

26/00832/FPA - Full planning permission Approved

Proposal

Removal of redundant water tanks and erection of water treatment plant building on extended slab. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received

3 Mar 2026

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Validated

14 Apr 2026

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Approved

7 Aug 2026

Approved on 7 Aug 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 22 Aug 2026

Documents 22

Site constraints 5

Green belt: London

Inappropriate development needs very special circumstances.

Green belt policy allows a short list of exceptions, such as limited extensions and replacement buildings. Anything else needs very special circumstances that clearly outweigh the harm.

Archaeological priority area

An assessment or field evaluation may be asked for before ground works.

The council or Historic England considers archaeology likely here. A desk-based assessment, and sometimes trial trenching, can be asked for with the application.

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.

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Agricultural land, grade 2

Best and most versatile land (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Predicted from the national soil map. The older provisional map, which most planning maps still show, had this area as grade 3. The predicted grade is Defra's current estimate; only a site survey settles it.

Where development of farmland is needed, policy prefers poorer land over the best and most versatile (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Three sources: Natural England's post-1988 field surveys, which are definitive where they exist; the Defra predictive map for England (2025) and the Welsh Government predictive map, modelled from the soil map with 3a and 3b split; and the 1970s provisional map, which planners and other services still show, coarser and with grade 3 undivided. Where the provisional and predicted grades disagree, treat the predicted grade as the current estimate and expect an application to carry its own survey.

Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 2

Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.

Not affected

Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 11 September 2026. 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: BR4 9BF
Received: 3 Mar 2026
Validated: 14 Apr 2026
Ward: Hayes & Coney Hall
Case officer: Show
Target decision: 9 Jun 2026
Decision: GRANTED
Decision date: 7 Aug 2026
Decision level: Delegated Decision
Applicant: Show
Agent: Show

How this decision compares

Decided in 115 days from validation, 59 days slower than Bromley's median of 56 for commercial and major works. Approved, as 60% of commercial and major works here are.

This one115d

Council56d

UK56d

71%decided within 8 weeks

60%approved

10%go to committee

Plota live figures for commercial and major works decided by Bromley in the last twelve months, from validation. Bromley decision record →

Public comments

1comment received

1 objecting

Last counted 22 Aug 2026

Read the comments on the council site ↗

Consultation & key dates

Comments by: 5 May 2026

Historical activity at this location

2 nearby applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.

Within ~100m

Nearby activity

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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

West Wickham Water Treatment Works (WTW), Addington Road, West Wickham, BR4 9BF Data via plota.co.uk

Proposal

Application progress

Documents 22

Decision & officer reports 2

Statements & assessments 10

Plans & drawings 8

Application forms 1

Other documents 1