Planning application
BLENHEIM SHOPPING CENTRE, HIGH STREET, PENGE, LONDON, SE20 8RW
Works: Demolition Major scheme
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Relates to 23/00178/S73A
Still open. Anyone can comment while the consultation period runs, and comments go to the council rather than to us.
Proposal
Application under Section 96a of the Town & Country Planning Act 1990 for a non-material amendment to planning permission ref: 23/00178/S73A, granted for the ‘Phased development including demolition of existing buildings and erection of four blocks to facilitate a mixed-use development providing up to 230 dwellings, up to 2,714sqm of commercial/town centre floorspace and associated communal amenity space and play space, cycle parking, refuse storage and plant space in four buildings. Provision of public realm and new pocket park at ground floor with associated landscaping improvements. Provision of commercial car parking spaces and blue badge spaces for the residential accommodation’ to enable a series of minor design and technical refinements across the approved scheme, arising from detailed design development, co-ordination and compliance with Building Regulations and relevant standards.
As published by the council, reference 23/00178/AMD1
Application record
- Reference
- 23/00178/AMD1
- Type
- Non-Material Amendment
- Status
- Valid
- Received
- 14 Aug 2026
- Validated
- 14 Aug 2026
- Ward
- Penge & Cator
- Decision by
- Delegated Decision
- Postcode
- SE20 8RW
Comment by 10 September 2026
The council is taking comments on this application until then. Comments go to Bromley through their own planning portal.
Site history
Applications at this address on the Bromley register
This site has had 4 applications since 2025: 2 approved, 0 refused.
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23/00178/CON Awaiting decision
BLENHEIM SHOPPING CENTRE, HIGH STREET, PENGE, LONDON, SE20 8RW
Details submitted to comply with the requirements of the following conditions relating to planning permission 23/00178/S73A: Condition 5 - Updated Bat Survey
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23/00178/AMD Granted
BLENHEIM SHOPPING CENTRE, HIGH STREET, PENGE, LONDON, SE20 8RW
Non-Material Amendment under Section 96a seeking changes to the development description of permission ref. 23/00178/FULL1 to the following: ‘Phased development including demolition of existing buildings and erection of four blocks to facilitate a mixed-use development providing up to 230 dwellings, up to 2,714sqm of commercial/town centre floorspace and associated communal amenity space and play space, cycle parking, refuse storage and plant space in four buildings. Provision of public realm and new pocket park at ground floor with associated landscaping improvements. Provision of commercial car parking spaces and blue badge spaces for the residential accommodation’.
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23/00178/S73A Granted
BLENHEIM SHOPPING CENTRE, HIGH STREET, PENGE, LONDON, SE20 8RW
Minor Material Amendment under Section 73 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 to allow for the variation of conditions 2, 5, 15, 18, 19, 37, 38, 41, 47, 49 and 52 of application granted under ref. 23/00178/FULL1 (as amended by 23/00178/AMD) for the ‘Phased development including demolition of existing buildings and erection of four blocks to facilitate a mixed-use development providing up to 230 dwellings, up to 2,714sqm of commercial/town centre floorspace and associated communal amenity space and play space, cycle parking, refuse storage and plant space in four buildings. Provision of public realm and new pocket park at ground floor with associated landscaping improvements. Provision of commercial car parking spaces and blue badge spaces for the residential accommodation’ to enable the change to building heights and massing, reduction in the number of units to 228, change in dwelling mix and tenure (now 100% Social Rented Units), omission of Block F, reduction in commercial floorspace to 1064sqm, reduction in standard car parking spaces to 19, revisions to landscaping, internal layout changes and elevational alterations.
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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14 Aug 2026
Received by Bromley
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24 Aug 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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Decision
Awaiting decision
Decision expected by 9 October 2026, 8 weeks from validation under the statutory target for most applications. Extensions of time are common and are agreed case by case.
Bromley took a median of 57 days over the applications it decided in the last year.
Related applications
Cases linked to this one on the register
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23/00178/S73A Granted
BLENHEIM SHOPPING CENTRE, HIGH STREET, PENGE, LONDON, SE20 8RW
Minor Material Amendment under Section 73 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 to allow for the variation of conditions 2, 5, 15, 18, 19, 37, 38, 41, 47, 49 and 52 of application granted under ref. 23/00178/FULL1 (as amended by 23/00178/AMD) for the ‘Phased development including demolition of existing buildings and erection of four blocks to facilitate a mixed-use development providing up to 230 dwellings, up to 2,714sqm of commercial/town centre floorspace and associated communal amenity space and play space, cycle parking, refuse storage and plant space in four buildings. Provision of public realm and new pocket park at ground floor with associated landscaping improvements. Provision of commercial car parking spaces and blue badge spaces for the residential accommodation’ to enable the change to building heights and massing, reduction in the number of units to 228, change in dwelling mix and tenure (now 100% Social Rented Units), omission of Block F, reduction in commercial floorspace to 1064sqm, reduction in standard car parking spaces to 19, revisions to landscaping, internal layout changes and elevational alterations.
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
60 documents on file for this application
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Open the documentsWhat happens while it is decided
This application is with Bromley for determination, against a statutory target of eight weeks. Over the last year Bromley decided amendment applications in a median of 56 days. More in our guide to how long planning decisions take.
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Nearby applications
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BLENHEIM SHOPPING CENTRE, HIGH STREET, PENGE, LONDON, SE20 8RW
Non-Material Amendment under Section 96a seeking changes to the development description of permission ref. 23/00178/FULL1 to the following: ‘Phased development including demolition of existing buildings and erection of four blocks to facilitate a mixed-use development providing up to 230 dwellings, up to 2,714sqm of commercial/town centre floorspace and associated communal amenity space and play space, cycle parking, refuse storage and plant space in four buildings. Provision of public realm and new pocket park at ground floor with associated landscaping improvements. Provision of commercial car parking spaces and blue badge spaces for the residential accommodation’.
Granted Amendments Demolition 4 docsMajor scheme -
Blenheim Shopping Centre High Street Penge London SE20 8RW
Phased development including demolition of existing buildings to facilitate a mixed-use development providing up to 250 dwellings, up to 2,828sqm of commercial/town centre floorspace and associated communal amenity space, play space, car parking, cycle parking, refuse storage and plant space in four buildings ranging between 3 and 18 storeys; alongside the provision of public realm and new pocket park with associated landscaping improvements - (Adjoining Borough Consultation from London Borough of Bromley Reference 23/00178/FULL1).
Decided Outline Demolition 3 docsMajor scheme -
BLENHEIM SHOPPING CENTRE, HIGH STREET, PENGE, LONDON, SE20 8RW
80% historically approved · decision due ~17 Sep
Details submitted to comply with the requirements of the following conditions relating to planning permission 23/00178/S73A: Condition 5 - Updated Bat Survey
Awaiting decision Conditions 3 docs -
BLENHEIM SHOPPING CENTRE, HIGH STREET, PENGE, LONDON, SE20 8RW
Minor Material Amendment under Section 73 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 to allow for the variation of conditions 2, 5, 15, 18, 19, 37, 38, 41, 47, 49 and 52 of application granted under ref. 23/00178/FULL1 (as amended by 23/00178/AMD) for the ‘Phased development including demolition of existing buildings and erection of four blocks to facilitate a mixed-use development providing up to 230 dwellings, up to 2,714sqm of commercial/town centre floorspace and associated communal amenity space and play space, cycle parking, refuse storage and plant space in four buildings. Provision of public realm and new pocket park at ground floor with associated landscaping improvements. Provision of commercial car parking spaces and blue badge spaces for the residential accommodation’ to enable the change to building heights and massing, reduction in the number of units to 228, change in dwelling mix and tenure (now 100% Social Rented Units), omission of Block F, reduction in commercial floorspace to 1064sqm, reduction in standard car parking spaces to 19, revisions to landscaping, internal layout changes and elevational alterations.
Granted Amendments Demolition 139 docsMajor scheme -
15 Colman House, High Street, Penge, London, SE20 7EX
Change of use of first floor B1(a) offices to form 3 residential units (Class C3). (56 day application for prior approval in respect of transport and highways, contamination, flooding, noise impacts, natural light to habitable rooms under Class O Part 3 of the GPDO)
Refused 16 docs -
144A High Street, Penge, London, SE20 7EU
Details to discharge conditions in relation to planning ref 22/00722/FULL1:Condition 3 Construction and Environmental Management PlanCondition 4 Bicycle ParkingCondition 7 An Acoustic AssessmentCondition 8 Sound Proofing
Granted Conditions 8 docs
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24/04572/AMD2 Granted
27 GRANGE ROAD, ORPINGTON, BR6 8ED
Non-material amendment application under S96a of the Town and Country Planning Act to planning permission reference 24/04572/FULL6 to allow removal of first floor projecting bays and installation of windows set flush to front elevation.
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24/01018/S73A2 Granted
4A BLAKENEY ROAD, BECKENHAM, BR3 1HA
Under Section 73 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990, variation of Condition 2 of planning permission 24/01018/FULL1 dated 17.06.2025 (for Demolition of existing dwelling. Erection of 2x three storey blocks containing total of 9 apartments incorporating habitable roof space with associated access, private and communal amenity space, refuse and cycle storage) to allow for: 2m increase in the rear projection of the front block, retention of the previously approved 2m increase in the width of the rear block, and associated internal reconfigurations and external elevational alterations.
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25/01010/AMD Refused
7 ROSECROFT CLOSE, ORPINGTON, BR5 4DX
Non-Material Amendment to previous planning permission ref 25/01010/FULL6: Roof and eaves design revised, minor revisions to window size (garden elevation)
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23/04815/AMD Granted
35 LONDON ROAD, BROMLEY, BR1 1DG
Non-material amendments under Section 96a of the Town and Country Planning Act to development granted planning permission under reference 23/04815/FULL1 (Demolition of existing Use Class E office building and erection of replacement mixed use office and residential building comprising eight residential apartments.) to allow: To incorporate and extend an existing basement, identified during the detailed design stage, for ancillary plant, building services, life safety equipment and storage in connection with the approved development.
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25/05004/S73A Awaiting decision
BOURNE, HOLWOOD PARK AVENUE, ORPINGTON, BR6 8NQ
Minor Material Amendment under S73 of the Town and Country Planning Act to planning permission reference 25/05004/FPA (granted for Demolition of existing dwelling. Erection of two storey detached dwellinghouse with swimming pool.) in order to vary condition 2 to allow for changes to the approved plans to include the introduction of seven rooflights on rear roof slope, a rooflight on northern flank roof slope and two rooflights on the crown roof.