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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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2019 Local Plan – Town Centre high rises planned by the Council
These are the development sites in the Local Plan (approved 2019) for the Town Centre:
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Arts And Crafts movement in Bromley
The Bromley area is now regarded as one of the four most important colonies of work by the radical architects of the Arts and Crafts movement.
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Charles Cowles-Voysey, Architect, Art Deco in Bromley
Charles Cowles Voysey (1889-1981) was a renowned architect from the early part of the 20th Century. In Bromley he was responsible for the ‘Town Hall extension’ (1939) and the former Magistrates Court (1939). Elsewhere, his notable works include Worthing Town … Continue reading
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Queens Gardens and formerly White Hart Field
In 1897 the lord of the manor, Charles Cole-Childs, gave the field known as White Hart Field, to the people. This became Queens Gardens. Before the Glades was built it stretched between Market Square and the Bishops Palace (the Bishops … Continue reading
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Have your say: Email or Drop In and stop our Parkland becoming housing
Help stop our parkland being built on: Email David Berger at the Council – david.berger@bromley.gov.uk and go to the Ward Councillors Drop In (7.30pm on 10th September at the Civic Centre). The Town Ward Councillors describe it as selling derelict … Continue reading
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Archive: Drop In announced for Park Sale
Drop in event for the sale of part of our Palace Park: 7.30pm on 10th September at the Civic Centre. But, this sale is being described as the disposal of derelict buildings, (it contains 2 caltrop shaped buildings that the council has allowed to deteriorate) in this part of the palace gardens. Continue reading
Picturehouse is new home for rescued Art Deco Screens
“Look out in the new Picturehouse Cafe for the Art Deco screens from the former Co-op in Widmore Road.
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Archive: Proposals for Old Town Hall, from the new owners
Old Town Hall Our initial thoughts are that although the leaflet contains precious little detail the proposals look promising. 74,000 sq ft of serviced offices is proposed for the both the 1907 town hall and the 1939 ‘extension’. The hotel … Continue reading
“Picture Perfect Day” our heritage walks, in the words of a lady on the street…
On Saturday 22nd June I lined up outside Boots in The Glades more out of curiosity than anything else, as a lifelong resident of the borough of Bromley I figured there wasn’t much I didn’t already know. How wrong I … Continue reading
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Write To Stop Sell-Off of more Public Heritage Open Space
The site is part of the Bishop of Rochester’s Palace Park which is the setting of 6 listed buildings Please write and object to this sale to :David Mark Bowen, Director of Corporate Services, LB Bromley, Stockwell Close, Bromley, BR1 3UH … Continue reading
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