Planning drawings in Bromley

Article 4 directions and conservation areas in Bromley

The council publishes 108 Article 4 directions, alongside 47 conservation areas. Where one applies, rights to alter windows, roofs or frontages can be withdrawn.

Historic England lists 412 entries in the borough, and a listed house needs separate consent for most work.

For an owner, the practical step is a free address check. It tells you whether a rear extension can proceed as permitted development or whether a householder application is needed, before you commit to a design. If a direction applies, we explain exactly which rights it removes, because some cover only the front of a house and leave the rear free, and that difference can save you an application.

Bromley's decisions and appeals

Bromley decided 1,609 householder applications in its latest twelve months and granted 78.6 per cent. Only 89.1 per cent were decided on time or within an agreed extension, so plan for a decision that may take longer than the statutory 8 weeks.

Over five years the Planning Inspectorate decided 502 householder appeals from the borough and allowed 37.6 per cent. An appeal is a fallback, and a careful first submission is cheaper and quicker.

The slower timing is worth building into your plans. If you need the work finished by a set date, ask us for the programme after the survey: we count back from the likely decision, the building regulations stage and your builder's start, and tell you when the application must go in.

Green belt and the Bromley house

Green belt polygons cover 51 per cent of the borough, more than half of its area. A house inside it faces tighter limits on how much an extension or outbuilding may add to the original building, and we raise this at the first check.

Most homes are houses, with 68.6 per cent of households living in one, and 68.5 per cent own their home. The typical project is therefore a rear extension, a loft or a garage conversion, and many of them can be confirmed by a Lawful Development Certificate in Bromley when no direction applies.

Our survey records the existing house on one datum, so the plans, sections and elevations agree with each other and with the site. Where an application is needed, the council fee is £548, paid to the council.

Our set and fixed fee

Each set holds existing and proposed plans, elevations and sections, a location plan and a block plan. The price starts at £745 with VAT included and fixed before you commit.

A second chartered technologist, who did not draw the set, checks every sheet against the council's validation list. We redraw at no charge until approval if the council asks for changes. We make no promise about the result, because the decision is the council's.

Nearby boroughs and linked services

The borough overview is architectural drawings in Bromley. After approval, building regulations drawings in Bromley cover the technical stage.

Beyond the border the guidance changes. Compare planning drawings in Croydon, Lewisham and Bexley, or see the national rules at planning drawings.