The Poplars, Westerham Road, Keston, BR2 6AG Data via plota.co.uk

26/03415/HPA - Householder planning permission Valid

Proposal

Excavation to form basement level for storage purposes. Data via plota.co.uk

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View original council record ↗Last checked 12 Sept 2026, 09:05

Application progress

✓

Received

28 Aug 2026

Decision

Expected by 23 Oct 2026

This application is under consideration - no decision has been issued yet. Plota predicts a decision around 23 Oct 2026, from Bromley's recent extensions. Comments are open until 25 Sept 2026.

Comment on this application ↗

Documents 7

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 3b

Not best and most versatile land (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Predicted from the national soil map. The older provisional map agrees.

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 1

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: Householder planning permission
Postcode: BR2 6AG
Received: 28 Aug 2026
Validated: 28 Aug 2026
Ward: Hayes & Coney Hall
Case officer: Show
Target decision: 23 Oct 2026
Decision level: Delegated Decision
Applicant: Show
Agent: Show

Decision outlook

Day 17 of the 56-day target. Bromley usually decides extensions by day 56.

prediction

Day 1739 days to the 56-day target

79%decided within 8 weeks

76%approved

1,141decided in the last year

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

Public comments

No public comments yet.

Last counted 12 Sept 2026

Read the comments on the council site ↗

Consultation & key dates

Comments by: 25 Sept 2026

Historical activity at this location

4 previous applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.

This property

Previous applications at this address

2025 Approved

T1 Oak tree - Fell. SUBJECT TO TPO 1519 (14.9.1998)

25/05261/TPO 31 Dec 2025

2020 Approved

Loft conversion with north east facing dormer and south west facing double cabrio window

20/03493/FULL6 28 Jan 2021

Within ~100m

Nearby activity

2025 Refused

Warbank House Westerham Road Keston BR2 6AG

Elevational alterations and enlargement of lower ground floor and construction of two sto…

25/01052/FULL6 19 Jun 2025

2024 Approved

The Poplars , Westerham Road, Keston, BR2 6AG

Loft conversion with front dormer, rear double cabrio window and side rooflights.

24/00357/FULL6 26 Mar 2024

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