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25/00214/AMD - Non-Material Amendment Valid

Proposal

Non-material amendment application under S96a of the Town and Country Planning Act to planning permission reference: Demolition of existing link buildings and extensions and construction of two storey side extension to Lea Wilson Hall (fronting High Street) along with elevational alterations including installation of rooflights and replacement windows/doors, construction of new two storey link building and installation of new hand rail and balustrade fronting Fairfield Road, cycle stands to rear/side, along with internal alterations including mezzanine floor all associated with the use of the building as a church/community facility) to allow for 1. Rainwater pipes indicated and service penetrations through roof indicated. 2. Access Door widened as single door with clear width for ADM compliance 3. Ridge to monopitch roof accurately indicated. Rooflight profile adjusted. 4. Height of Ridge relative to Lea Wilson Ridge height increased 5. New boiler flue with reduced window width with railing enclosure 6. Reduced number of Rooflights to Copper effect roof and flat roof 7. Air brick outlets to the façade 8. South Lee Wilson Hall gable adjusted to match North elevation 9. Number of mullions and transoms to large feature gable glazed curtain wall increased to reflect where partition meets curtain wall to inside of ground floor 10. 2no. Heat recovery units located to nook between Main Hall and Jubilee Hall 11. Removal of windows to North and South side of gable feature 12. Addition of 12 panel PV array to SW side of Jubilee Hall Roof. Removal of 8 panel PV array to South side of proposed metal roof adjacent to Fairfield Road… Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

Received
11 Aug 2026
Validated
9 Sept 2026
Decision
Expected by 7 Oct 2026

This application is under consideration - no decision has been issued yet. A decision is expected by 7 Oct 2026.

Documents 17

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Associated applications 2

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Site constraints 5

Flood zone 2, rivers and sea
Medium chance: between a 1 in 100 and 1 in 1,000 annual chance from rivers, or 1 in 200 to 1 in 1,000 from the sea. Any development here needs a flood risk assessment. Defences are not counted.
The Environment Agency flood map for planning. Homes in zone 3 must also pass the sequential test. Surface water flooding is a separate map.
Flood map ↗
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: Bromley AQMA
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 ↗
Town centre: Beckenham
A designated centre in the London Plan.
Shops, services and active frontages are protected in centres, and main town centre uses are steered here first.
Also on the record
Inside the Bromley built-up area.
Not affected
Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 12 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
Non-Material Amendment
Postcode
BR3 3LE
Received
11 Aug 2026
Validated
9 Sept 2026
Ward
Beckenham Town & Copers Cope
Target decision
7 Oct 2026
Decision level
Delegated Decision
Applicant
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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