Which postcode districts around Bromley do we cover for drawing package work?
Every Bromley postcode district we draw in, the stock that dominates
it and the authority that validates a drawing package there. Bromley fees below are the
statutory England rates for 2026, not drawing package estimates.
| Postcode | Area | Dominant stock | What it means for a drawing package |
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| BR4 | West Wickham | 1930s semi-detached | A drawing package at an BR4 address in West Wickham is determined by Bromley Council under its own Local Plan policies for West Wickham. |
| BR5 | Orpington / Petts Wood | 1930s semi-detached | BR5 covers Orpington / Petts Wood only; Bromley Council handles the drawing package. |
| BR6 | Orpington | 1930s semi-detached | Orpington sits wholly inside BR6, so Bromley Council validates every drawing package submitted from an BR6 address. |
| BR7 | Chislehurst | 1930s detached, Edwardian villas | BR7 covers Chislehurst only; Bromley Council handles the drawing package. |
| BR8 | Swanley | Large 1930s detached and semi-detached in Chislehurst and Bickley; Edwardian in Beckenham; Victorian in Bromley town; Metropolitan Green Belt covers significant rural-fringe land | No. BR8 takes its letters from the Bromley sorting district, but the ground beneath it — Swanley and Crockenhill — is in Kent, and Sevenoaks District Council is the local planning authority there. Bromley Council decides nothing at a BR8 address: a different local plan applies, the fee goes to a different account, and Kent County Council appears as highways and lead local flood authority in a way no county does inside London. Every other BR district is genuinely Bromley. |
| TN16 | Biggin Hill / Downe | 1930s semi-detached | Biggin Hill / Downe sits wholly inside TN16, so Bromley Council validates every drawing package submitted from an TN16 address. |
| SE9 | Eltham / Mottingham | 1930s semi-detached, post-war flats | A drawing package in Eltham / Mottingham may land with Greenwich Council or Bromley Council — SE9 crosses the boundary, and the SE9 policies map decides it street by street. |
| SE12 | Lee / Grove Park | Large 1930s detached and semi-detached in Chislehurst and Bickley; Edwardian in Beckenham; Victorian in Bromley town; Metropolitan Green Belt covers significant rural-fringe land | SE12 straddles a boundary: Lee / Grove Park addresses fall to Lewisham Council or Bromley Council, so confirm which authority validates the drawing package before submitting SE12 drawings. |
How does a drawing package differ street by street across Bromley?
Roof pitch, wall build-up and plot depth change every few Bromley
streets, and each one changes what a drawing package can achieve at that address.
- Keston (BR2) — Edwardian and 1930s village defines Keston, where edwardian villas, 1930s semi-detached set what a drawing package can do. Any Keston drawing package is validated by Bromley Council, with Keston Ponds the usual Keston reference point on the site plan.
- Penge (SE20) — drawing package work in Penge means victorian and edwardian terraces. Penge is Victorian and Edwardian terraces. Bromley Council decides the Penge application, and Penge East station anchors the Penge location plan.
- Bromley (BR1, BR2) — drawing package work in Bromley means victorian terraces, edwardian villas, post-war flats. Bromley is Victorian and Edwardian centre. Bromley Council decides the Bromley application, and Bromley High Street anchors the Bromley location plan.
- Beckenham (BR3) — Edwardian villas, 1930s semi-detached defines Beckenham, where edwardian villas, 1930s semi-detached set what a drawing package can do. Any Beckenham drawing package is validated by Bromley Council, with Beckenham Junction the usual Beckenham reference point on the site plan.
- Chislehurst (BR7) — Large 1930s detached, conservation defines Chislehurst, where 1930s detached, edwardian villas set what a drawing package can do. Any Chislehurst drawing package is validated by Bromley Council, with Chislehurst Caves the usual Chislehurst reference point on the site plan.
- Bickley (BR1) — 1930s detached, conservation defines Bickley, where 1930s detached, edwardian villas set what a drawing package can do. Any Bickley drawing package is validated by Bromley Council, with Bickley station the usual Bickley reference point on the site plan.
- Orpington (BR5, BR6) — a drawing package in Orpington starts from 1930s semi-detached, and Orpington reads as 1930s semi-detached, post-war. in BR5. Bromley Council assesses Orpington architectural drawings against its own Orpington character guidance, and the location plan we draw for Orpington references Orpington High Street.
Does Bromley planning policy restrict a drawing package?
Bromley conservation designations: there are 48 across Bromley Council, Beckenham, Keston, Bickley among them. Designation costs a Bromley owner the permitted-development route: a drawing package then needs a £548 householder application over 8 weeks, in place of the £249 prior approval route that takes 6 weeks. Keston is the Bromley designation that most often changes a drawing package design.
Article 4 and your Bromley drawing package: Bromley Council has made no borough-wide direction, so permitted development for a drawing package in Bromley generally survives outside Bromley conservation areas and listed curtilages. A Lawful Development Certificate at £274 is how a SE20 owner records that a drawing package was lawful.
What Bromley is built from: Large 1930s detached and semi-detached in Chislehurst and Bickley; Edwardian in Beckenham; Victorian in Bromley town; Metropolitan Green Belt covers significant rural-fringe land. Largest London borough by area; substantial Green Belt; conservation areas in most town centres; generally permissive elsewhere. That mix decides the drawing package route in Bromley more than the postcode does, and it is what a Bromley Council case officer reads first. A householder application costs £548 paid to Bromley Council direct, with 8 weeks to a decision once validated.
Who decides a drawing package on the edge of Bromley?
- Southwark — the Southwark boundary runs against Bromley, so a drawing package a street from Bromley is decided by Southwark Council instead. Southwark runs 43 conservation areas across SE1 and its neighbours, which is why architectural drawings priced for Bromley are re-checked against Southwark policy whenever the Bromley address sits on that edge.
- Lewisham — cross the Bromley boundary and Lewisham Council takes the drawing package instead, applying 30 conservation areas of its own around SE3. We re-price architectural drawings at the Bromley edge because Lewisham policy and Bromley policy rarely align on drawing package depth.
- Greenwich — adjoining Bromley, with 20 conservation areas centred on SE3. A drawing package on the far side of the Bromley line is determined by Greenwich Council, so the Bromley quote for architectural drawings is checked against Greenwich guidance before it is issued.
- Bexley — adjoining Bromley, with 16 conservation areas centred on DA1. A drawing package on the far side of the Bromley line is determined by Bexley Council, so the Bromley quote for architectural drawings is checked against Bexley guidance before it is issued.
Sources for this Bromley drawing package page: borough policies maps and
conservation-area registers (2025–26), Royal Mail postcode district boundaries,
the Town and Country Planning (Fees for Applications) (England) Regulations, the Town
and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 as amended,
and the Party Wall etc. Act 1996.
