Whitefoot Lane Playing Field, Whitefoot Lane, Bromley, BR1 5SD Data via plota.co.uk

DC/25/142290 - Full Planning Permission Approved

Proposal

The creation of a 97m x 61m 3G Artificial Grass Pitch (AGP) (Use Class F1) Community with 1.2m and 4.5m perimeter fencing, hardstanding areas, and the installation of 6 no 15 metre high floodlights, together with the provision of a storage container, an access footpaths onto Downderry Road and Whitefoot Lane, top soil bund and 3.25m high acoustic barrier and all associated works at Whitefoot Lane Playing Field, Whitefoot Lane BR1. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
28 Nov 2025
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Validated
1 Dec 2025
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Consultation
4 Mar 2026
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Approved
16 Mar 2026

Approved on 16 Mar 2026 · Committee · Last checked 6 Oct 2026

Documents 51

Decision & officer reports 2

PDF Decision notice Decision · 16 Mar 2026 View ↗ PDF Officer report - committee report Committee Report · 13 Mar 2026 View ↗

Statements & assessments 19

PDF Environmental protection - noise Consultee response Case Copy Documents · 8 Dec 2026 View ↗ PDF Flood authority Consultee response Case Copy Documents · 25 Feb 2026 View ↗ PDF Flood authority Final consultee comments Case Copy Drawings · 25 Feb 2026 View ↗ PDF Ecology comments Consultee response Case Copy Drawings · 11 Feb 2026 View ↗ PDF Cla/332/26/lp01 - rev b Soft landscape proposals - bng mitigation Revised Document · 11 Feb 2026 View ↗ PDF Ac.2025.559 Method statement Case Copy Documents · 11 Feb 2026 View ↗ PDF Environmental protection - contamination Consultee response Case Copy Drawings · 12 Dec 2025 View ↗ PDF Appendix a - floodlighting performance report Case Copy Documents · 28 Nov 2025 View ↗ PDF Appendix c - sports lighting statement Case Copy Documents · 28 Nov 2025 View ↗ PDF Appendix e - flood risk assessment Case Copy Documents · 28 Nov 2025 View ↗ PDF Appendix k - bng cover report with pea Case Copy Documents · 28 Nov 2025 View ↗ PDF Appendix l - bng metric Case Copy Documents · 28 Nov 2025 View ↗ PDF Design & access with planning statement Case Copy Documents · 28 Nov 2025 View ↗ PDF G-205975 06 Floodlighting scheme Case Copy Drawings · 28 Nov 2025 View ↗ PDF G-205975 07 Proposed agp drainage layout Case Copy Drawings · 28 Nov 2025 View ↗ PDF G-205975 08 Proposed agp drainage strategy Case Copy Drawings · 28 Nov 2025 View ↗ PDF Appendix n - transport assessment - rev 01 Case Copy Documents · 28 Nov 2025 View ↗ PDF Appendix g - noise management plan Case Copy Documents · 28 Nov 2025 View ↗ PDF Appendix f - noise impact assessment Case Copy Documents · 28 Nov 2025 View ↗

Plans & drawings 17

PDF Historic england archaeology Consultee response Case Copy Drawings · 20 Feb 2026 View ↗ PDF G-205975 11 Perimeter elevations Case Copy Drawings · 20 Feb 2026 View ↗ PDF Environmental protection officer - lighting Consultee response Case Copy Drawings · 12 Feb 2026 View ↗ PDF Agp performance infill material - additional clarifications Case Copy Drawings · 11 Feb 2026 View ↗ PDF G-205975 04 - rev 01 Proposed agp plan Revised Document · 11 Feb 2026 View ↗ PDF G-205975 05 - rev 01 Proposed elevation Revised Document · 11 Feb 2026 View ↗ PDF G-205975 03 - rev 03 Proposed site plan Revised Document · 11 Feb 2026 View ↗ PDF Tpp-01- rev a Tree constraints & protection plan Revised Document · 11 Feb 2026 View ↗ PDF Active travel england Consultee response Case Copy Drawings · 12 Dec 2025 View ↗ PDF Environment agency No comment Case Copy Drawings · 10 Dec 2025 View ↗ PDF G-205975 01 Existing site plan Case Copy Drawings · 28 Nov 2025 View ↗ PDF G-205975 02 Site location plan Case Copy Drawings · 28 Nov 2025 View ↗ PDF G-205975 03 Proposed site plan Superseded Document · 28 Nov 2025 View ↗ PDF G-205975 04 Proposed agp plan Superseded Document · 28 Nov 2025 View ↗ PDF G-205975 09 Playing field layout Case Copy Drawings · 28 Nov 2025 View ↗ PDF G-205975 10 Infill containment measures Case Copy Drawings · 28 Nov 2025 View ↗ PDF G-205975 05 Proposed elevation Superseded Document · 28 Nov 2025 View ↗

Application forms 1

PDF Redacted Application form Application Form · 28 Nov 2025 View ↗

Consultation & comments 2

PDF Planning tree and landscape officer Consultee response Case Copy Documents · 16 Dec 2026 View ↗ PDF Hall Comments Case Copy Documents · 7 Jan 2026 View ↗

Other documents 10

PDF Ac.2025.559 Tree report and aia Case Copy Documents · 11 Feb 2026 View ↗ IMG Site notice photos around the site Photographs · 23 Dec 2025 View ↗ IMG Site notice photos around the site Photographs · 23 Dec 2025 View ↗ IMG Site notice photos around the site Photographs · 23 Dec 2025 View ↗ IMG Site notice photos around the site Photographs · 23 Dec 2025 View ↗ PDF Appendix b - ilp guidance notes Case Copy Documents · 28 Nov 2025 View ↗ PDF Appendix d - proposed materials and appearance Case Copy Documents · 28 Nov 2025 View ↗ PDF Appendix h - end of life recycling procedure Case Copy Documents · 28 Nov 2025 View ↗ PDF Appendix i - example agp maintenance schedule Case Copy Documents · 28 Nov 2025 View ↗ PDF Appendix j - infill retention measures Case Copy Documents · 28 Nov 2025 View ↗

All documents on the council site ↗

Site constraints 6

Article 4 direction
Small Houses in Multiple Occupation Article 4. Named permitted development rights are withdrawn here.
An Article 4 direction withdraws particular permitted development rights, so work that would normally need no application needs one here. Not every council has published its directions.
Local nature reserve about 200 m away: Downham Woodland Walk
Work nearby can need a habitats assessment.
Harm to a protected site is only accepted where there is no alternative and an overriding public interest.
Also on the record
Inside the Lewisham built-up area; Public transport access: PTAL 1b (very poor), TfL 2023, for the 100 m square; Priority habitat about 35 m away: Deciduous woodland; Designated open space about 35 m away.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 6 October 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, Transport for London (public transport access levels, Powered by TfL Open Data, OGL v3.0, contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2025) 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
Lewisham
Application type
Full Planning Permission
Postcode
BR1 5SD
Received
28 Nov 2025
Validated
1 Dec 2025
Ward
Downham
Case officer
Show
Target decision
20 Mar 2026
Decision
Granted
Decision date
16 Mar 2026
Decision level
Committee
Applicant
Show
Agent
SURFACING STANDARDS LTD

How this decision compares

Decided in 105 days from validation, 49 days slower than Lewisham's median of 56 for full applications. Approved, as 83% of full applications here are.

68%decided within 8 weeks
83%approved
421decided in the last year

Plota live figures for full applications decided by Lewisham in the last twelve months, from validation. Lewisham decision record →

Public comments

16comments received
13 objecting2 neutral1 supporting

81% object · above the UK average of 74%

170 neighbours consulted · Last counted 6 Oct 2026

Read the comments on the council site ↗

Consultation & key dates

Neighbours
4 Mar 2026
Consultation
4 Mar 2026
Site or press notice
9 Dec 2025
Committee
12 Mar 2026
Statutory expiry
26 Jan 2026
Env. assessment
No

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Lewisham
Planning Authority Score
5.8/10
Average
#111 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Householder decisions

Lewisham ranks #127 out of 296 councils for householder decision speed. Householder applications are slightly more likely to be approved here (90%) than the national average (90%).

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Lewisham decision statistics
Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026
84%
Overall approval rate
Below avg (87%) #224 of 296
90%
Householder approved
Above avg (90%) #192 of 296
69%
Decided in 8 weeks
Above avg (63%) #127 of 296
31%
Extended time limit
Below avg (41%) #58 of 296
65%
Minor dwellings approved
117 decided (1-9 homes)
92%
Major dwellings approved
12 decided (10+ homes)
57%
Change of use approved
67 decided
1,303
Total decisions
207 refused in the year to March 2026
Source: MHCLG planning statistics · See full council rankings