Public Notice

The London Borough of Bromley has confirmed the following directions made under article 4(1) of Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015, which restrict the change of use from commercial to residential:

Coming into effect on 7 December 2022
Beckenham Town Centre (ref 10/1/2021)
Beechwood Centre Locally Significant Industrial Site (ref 10/2/2021) Bencewell Business Park Locally Significant Industrial Site (ref 10/3/2021) Biggin Hill Town Centre (ref 10/4/2021) Bromley Town Centre (ref 10/5/2021) Chislehurst Town Centre (ref 10/6/2021)
Cotmandene Crescent, St Paul's Cray neighbourhood centre (ref 10/7/2021) Crescent Way, Green Street Green neighbourhood centre (ref 10/8/2021) Crystal Palace Town Centre (ref 10/9/2021) Elmers End Locally Significant Industrial Site (ref 10/10/2021)

Coming into effect on 17 January 2023
Higham Hill Farm Locally Significant Industrial Site (ref 01/03/2022)
Kimberley Business Park Locally Significant Industrial Site (ref 01/04/2022)
Klingers Strategic Industrial Location (ref 01/05/2022)
Leith Hill, St Paul's Cray neighbourhood centre (ref 01/06/2022)
Locksbottom Town Centre (ref 01 /07/2022)
Lower Sydenham Locally Significant Industrial Site (ref 01/08/2022)
Main Road, Biggin Hill neighbourhood centre (ref 01/09/2022)
Main Road, St Pauls Cray neighbourhood centre (ref 01/02/2022)
Mottingham Town Centre (ref 01/10/2022)
Old Hill, Chislehurst neighbourhood centre (ref 01/01/2022)

Coming into effect on 22 February 2023
Enterprise House Locally Significant Industrial Site (ref 02/12/2022) Farwig Lane Locally Significant Industrial Site (ref 02/13/2022) Franklin Industrial Centre Locally Significant Industrial Site (ref 02/14/2022) Grovelands Road, St Pauls Cray neighbourhood centre (ref 02/15/2022) Hastings Road, Bromley Common neighbourhood centre (ref 02/16/2022) Hayes Town Centre (ref 02/17/2022)
Heathfield Road, Keston neighbourhood centre (ref 02/18/2022) High Street, Downe neighbourhood centre (ref 02/19/2022) High Street, Farnborough Village neighbourhood centre (ref 02/20/2022) High Street, Green Street Green neighbourhood centre (ref 02/21/2022)

Coming into effect on 23 May 2023
Orpington Town Centre (ref 02/09/2022)
Penge Town Centre (ref 02/05/2022)
Petts Wood Town Centre (ref 02/04/2022)
Sevenoaks Road Strategic Industrial Location (ref 02/03/2022)
Sevenoaks Road, Pratts Bottom neighbourhood centre (ref 02/02/2022)
Southborough Lane, Bromley Common neighbourhood centre (ref 02/06/2022)
Southborough Road, Bickley neighbourhood centre (ref 02/10/2022)
Waldo Road Locally Significant Industrial Site (ref 02/07/2022)
West Wickham Town Centre (ref 02/08/2022)
Windsor Drive, Chelsfield neighbourhood centre (ref 02/01/2022)

Each direction applies to the area specified and shown in more detail on a plan. The directions and plans can be viewed at any time at

PermittedDevelopment and at all reasonable hours at the Civic Centre, Stockwell Close, Bromley BR1 3UH by making a prior appointment through

The directions remove the permitted development right under class MA of part 3 of schedule 2 to the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 to change of the use of a building and any land within its curtilage from a use falling within Class E (commercial, business and service) of Schedule 2 to the Use Classes Order to a use falling within Class C3 (dwellinghouses) of Schedule 1 to that Order.

From the date a direction comes into effect, anyone wishing to make that change in the direction's area will have to obtain planning permission first by applying to the Council. Making the change without planning permission may result in enforcement action.