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Save our Town Centre
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...
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The Palace Park
The park is the grounds of the former Bishops Palace, which has stood on the site since at least the 1100sAD. A quarter of the parkland was sold in November 2019 (including the listed folly and 2 buildings that Bromley … Continue reading
Posted in Green Space, palace-park-link
Tagged C19 Folly, Palace Park, Pullham Rockery, St Blaises Well
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Architect – Evelyn Hellicar
Bromley’s forgotten architect by Doug Black in 2005 In 2005, Doug Black, Bromley Council’s principal conservation officer, was intrigued by the work of Edwardian architect Evelyn Hellicar, who lived nearly all his life in the borough and was responsible for … Continue reading
Posted in Local Architects
Tagged Architect, Late Gothic
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2019 Local Plan Site 10 High Street West
This plan involves Compulsory Purchase and tower blocks over Ethelbert Close, and further blocks down the High Street, demolishing nearly every building, including the former Gaumont Cinema Continue reading
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Tagged Ethelbert Close, Masterplan, Site 10
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2019 Local Plan Site 1 ABC Civic Centre
This was the Bishops Palace for the Bishops of Rochester, and later became Stockwell College. These buildings that currently form the seat of our local government is to be split into 3 parts so that the central section can become … Continue reading
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Tagged 2019 Local Plan Site, Local Plan
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Local Plans
Local Plans set out a framework for the future development of an area, addressing needs and opportunities in relation to housing, the economy and infrastructure – as well as being a basis for safeguarding the environment and securing good design. … Continue reading
2010 Area Action Plan – identifying high rise sites
In October 2010 Bromley Council approved a major plan for central Bromley which will mould development for the next 15 years. We were actively involved in the consultation process—commenting on the plan’s general aspirations and the site specific policies it … Continue reading
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Tagged AAP
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Neighbourhood Planning
Introduced in 2011 through the Localism Act, Neighbourhood Planning allows local residents and businesses to have their own planning policies in a Neighbourhood Plan that reflects their priorities, delivers tangible local benefits and has real weight in planning decisions. Neighbourhood … Continue reading
High Street No. 242, Picture House Cinema – Heritage Buildings
Opened on the 21st December 1936, it is one of Odeon’s original “Oscar Deutsch Odeon” cinemas, in Art Deco style, by George Coles. It seated 1,492 in the main auditorium; with 1,018 in the stalls and 474 in the circle. … Continue reading
Posted in Art Deo, High St North
Tagged Art Deco, Heritage Buildings, High Street (North), Picture_House
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David Bowie in Bromley (or Bickley, or Beckenham)
David Bowie (the famous musician!) was born in Southwark. His parents then moved to Bromley South (106 Canon Road, and briefly attending Raglan Road School), before settling at 4 Plaistow Grove, where he spent his school years, attending Ravenswood School … Continue reading
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Tagged 162 High Street, David Bowie
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High Street No. 44, the former Gaumont Cinema – Heritage Building Profile
Account by Lynne Galloghly, thanks to the Bromley Gloss group, on 17th August 2015 “Thanks Amanda for info and photos! Photos showing the site from 1935 (before construction), 1940, 1950’s, 2007, and 2014. “Bromley’s first cinema opened in 1909 in … Continue reading
Posted in Art Deo, High St & Broadway
Tagged Art Deco, Cinema, William E. Trent
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