®Planning appeal decision
Stockwell Building, Stockwell Close, Bromley, BR1 3UH
Planning appeal 6000822 at Stockwell Building, Stockwell Close, Bromley, BR1 3UH (London Borough of Bromley) was dismissed on 2 February 2026 by Inspector Fish A, following a hearing. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the proposals constitute permitted development under Class MA of the GPDO, with particular regard to whether the use carried out in the buildings falls within Class E.
change of use at North Building, Stockwell Close, Bromley BR1 3UH from office (Use Class E) to dwellinghouse (Use Class C3) to form 63 residential units, under Class MA, Part 3, Schedule 2 of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) Ord er 2015 (as amended) (56 days application for prior approval). _________________________________________________________________
- Authority
- London Borough of Bromley
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Hearing
- Development
- residential · Change of use
- Inspector
- Fish A
- Postcode
- BR1 3UH
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- Whether the proposals constitute permitted development under Class MA of the GPDO, with particular regard to whether the use carried out in the buildings falls within Class E
What decided it
The finding that the appeal buildings formed part of a single sui generis planning unit for civic administration rather than a separate Class E office use, meaning the proposals could not qualify as permitted development under Class MA.
What the Inspector cited
- Judgments
- Burdle & Williams v SSE & New Forest RDC [1972] 1 WLR 1207; Church Commissioners for England v Secretary of State for the Environment (1996) 71 P & CR 73; Johnston v Secretary of State for the Environment (1974) 28 P & CR 424; East Barnet Urban District Council v British Transport Commission; Manchester City Council v Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government; R. (on the application of Searle) v Secretary of State for the Environment; London Residuary Body v Secretary of State for the Environment, Lambeth LBC and the Inner London Education Authority [1990] 1 WLR 744
How the Inspector dealt with each one is set out in the app, in order: the development plan, national policy, housing land supply, other considerations and the planning balance, beside the letter.
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