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from being dominated by tower blocks: Look here and email our ward councillors about:
* High rises in the Local Plan
* housing and a hotel on the civic centre (old palace)
and
* 16+ high rises from the draft Master Plan down the Lower High Street
* and there's others...
Category Archives: Campaigns
Thank you – it was refused – Write as we don’t want a block of flats here!
Update: Thank you to everyone whose objections meant that this lovely shop front, our piece of heritage has been saved! The application has been refused. Please object to this proposal to convert a beautiful frontage into a mundane block of … Continue reading
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Tagged 201 high-st, Campaign, Heritage Buildings, High Street (North)
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Churchill Theatre future is secured (again) and Library move seems unnecessary
We have an update from the Liberal Democrat councillors which throws more light on the Council’s recent statement on the future of the Churchill Theatre building: “ Following many months of uncertainty, Bromley Council has just agreed to accept an … Continue reading
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Tagged Central Library, Churchill Theatre
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Saved Demolition! Thanks for your help!
Write now and save this iconic cupola from demolition THIS SATURDAY (4th May 2024) Continue reading
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Tagged Community House, Former Magistrates Court, Heritage Buildings, Threatened Heritage
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We need a Masterplan, not a free-for-all of speculative Tower Blocks
Those parts of the document that most need to be changed Continue reading
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Tagged SPD, SPD Consultation
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SPD – What’s happening in my part of the Town?
Find out what building heights and what is planned for each area of Bromley Town and site. Continue reading
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Tagged 2019 Local Plan Site, SPD, SPD Consultation
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SPD – Guidence Note 11: Tall buildings
In the 2020 consultation on the SPD (supplementary planning document) 86% of responses about building heights rejected more high-rises (defined as over 6 storeys) (see here). New policies in the London Plan enable our council to set limits on the … Continue reading
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Tagged SPD, SPD Consultation, Supplementary Planning Document
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Churchill Quarter – feedback that it’s too high in the SPD (Supplementary Planning Document) consultation
It is drafted as if to pave the way for the kind of proposals that we saw last summer (see before and after photos). It fails to take into account the
impact on Library Gardens and the Conservation Area. Paragraph 7.21, for example, says that ‘…building heights should be proportionate to that of the Churchill Theatre..’ * This suggests you could have an 11 storey block of flats towering over Library Gardens Continue reading
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Tagged Churchill Quarter, SPD, SPD Consultation
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Future Buildings in Bromley Town – How High? – The Supplementary Planning Document (SPD)
The Council is currently consulting on the Bromley Town Centre Supplementary Planning Document (SPD) which will govern how large and where future buildings will be, in the town centre. It will provide better control of the development (that affects the … Continue reading
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Borough Wide Urban Design – What should new buildings look like? Not like this
The council is consulting on how new buildings should appear, by creating an Urban Planning Guide for architects. Most of this document is good, there are only… the illustrations. These are nearly all cheap, ugly, and very undesirable. Including these … Continue reading
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Tagged Local Plan, planning, SPD, SPD Consultation, Urban Design Guide
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London Land’s application for 1 Westmoreland Road (Site K in 2010 Local Plan)
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Tagged 1-westmoreland-road, Protected View
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