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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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2010 Area Action Plan Site A – Bromley North Station
Mixed use blocks to surround Bromley North Station. 23-storey and 12-storey applications refused at appeal. Continue reading
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Heritage Walk – Bromley North
Above the shopfronts, hidden away in quiet parks, streets and behind walls are some insights into Bromley’s past. From the 17th Century Bromley College, to the Market Square, to HG Wells birthplace, we take a tour of discovery around Bromley North Village. Continue reading
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Lord of the Manor’s Folly
The folly for the BIshops Palace was Grade II listed by English Heritage in 1955 because:
* It is an intrinsically interesting mid-c19th folly, unusually employing Norman-style decoration to evoke the spirit of the former bishop’s palacr.
* It is by Pulhams, one of the most innovative and interesting c19th firms of garden contractors. Continue reading
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The Bromley 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
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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
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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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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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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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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
