Planning Permission in Bickley | Fixed-Fee Plans

No Article 4 Direction covers Bromley, which keeps the Bickley permitted-development route open on unlisted houses. Bickley is 1930s detached, conservation; near Bickley station that context does most of the work in an officer report. Conservation status changes the Bickley route entirely — Bickley being the usual case among the 48 designations in Bromley. We establish it for the BR1 address before any drawing begins.

That check — Article 4 directions against the Bickley property — happens on day one. Everything on a Bickley scheme is measured from the 1930s detached outward. The borough policy layer over every BR1 address is set out on Bromley planning. The Bickley survey then carries into house extension drawings in Bickley if the project runs on to construction.

Allow one to two weeks of London Borough of Bromley validation on any BR1 application. Survey first: we measure the Bickley property in person, then draw the existing plans, sections and elevations from that data.

Statutory periods: 8 weeks from validation for a householder application, 13 weeks for a major scheme, 6 weeks for prior approval with a 21 days neighbour consultation, and 5 weeks for a full plans building control submission. A party structure notice requires one month notice and two months where excavation is involved.

A Bickley case only reaches committee if it draws significant objection. Each BR1 drawing carries the address, scale, north point and revision.

A Bickley scheme that respects the 45-degree line rarely draws a sustained objection. The Bickley existing set is accurate to the millimetre where it matters.

The party wall step is not optional on shared Bickley walls, and serving late is what stalls sites. Once consent is granted, architectural drawings follows for the BR1 property.

Bickley is characterised by 1930s detached, edwardian villas, concentrated across BR1 in the Bromley / Bickley area. The 1930s detached that dominates Bickley behaves differently from the borough average, and the drawings follow the building rather than a house type. Applied to BR1 property: edwardian houses here typically need the same householder set plus a roof plan where a dormer is proposed. In BR1 that determines the depth we can draw. Because Bickley rows are consistent, the proposed elevation is drawn with neighbours on it.

No borough-specific basement policy applies in Bromley, so subterranean work at a Bickley address is judged on amenity, drainage and structural grounds. If a Bickley project extends into building regulations drawings for BR1 properties or loft conversion drawings, the survey is already done.

What the Bickley drawing pack contains

The drawing schedule for a Bickley project runs as follows.

• site location plan for the Bickley property
• block plan
• existing and proposed floor plans
• existing and proposed elevations
• Design & Access Statement

Local landmarks that shape a Bickley application

• Scadbury Park — frontages visible from the highway, so Bickley materials detail governs the Scadbury Park elevation.
• Bickley station — height and massing nearby are argued against this frontage.
• Greenwich Hospital — schemes visible from it get closer scrutiny in Bromley.
• Breaside Preparatory School — nearby 1930s detached takes its scale from this frontage.
• Bromley High School — proposals within its setting are drawn with the context elevation included.
• Bedford College — the surrounding 1930s detached takes its scale from it.

Getting to a Bickley survey

Surveyors travel to BR1 addresses from the studio; the nearest stations are Bickley, Chislehurst station, London Victoria, Kentish Town. Appointments are booked in Bickley on weekdays and Saturdays, and the measured survey of a standard 1930s detached takes two to three hours.

Where Bickley sits

Bickley lies 10.4 miles (16.7 km) south east of Charing Cross, on Ordnance Survey grid reference TQ423688. Location and block plans for Bickley start from that grid square. Source.

Practical detail for a Bickley submission: the closest stations to a BR1 site are Bickley and Chislehurst station and London Victoria and Kentish Town; post town for the area is BROMLEY; dialling code 020. Site plans are drawn to the address as Bromley Council holds it.

Bickley postcode coverage

Bickley work spans BR1 (Bromley / Bickley), shared with Bromley — the designations change with the district line.

Streets and stations in Bickley

Bickley addresses we have drawn run to Scadbury Park. most Bickley sites are within walking distance of Bickley or Chislehurst station or London Victoria.

Areas we cover around Bickley

Beyond Bickley we cover Coulsdon (CR5), Addiscombe (CR0), Shirley (CR0), Selhurst (SE25), Bermondsey (SE1, SE16), Borough (SE1), and cross into Greenwich. A consent granted a mile from Bickley station is not a precedent for the plot next to it.

The fee follows the building. On Bickley stock that means party walls, levels, and the Bickley heritage question.

Statutory application fees are set by regulation, not by the council: £548 householder, £610 for a new dwelling, £274 for a lawful development certificate, £249 for prior approval.

The statutory charge on a Bickley application goes to London Borough of Bromley at submission. London planning approval-rate dataset · Bromley planning · Planning Permission London-wide · planning permission in Coulsdon.

MCIAT charter sits behind every Bickley submission we make, and the same person who surveys the property signs the drawings off. Where a Bickley case is borderline — a corner plot near Bickley station, a Bickley frontage, a flank wall hard onto a BR1 neighbour — we buy pre-application advice from Bromley Council rather than gamble the statutory 8 weeks.

Drawings are produced by chartered members of the Chartered Institute of Architectural Technologists (MCIAT), the professional body for technical design and building-regulations competence. First-time approval across our London caseload is 98%. Statutory fees shown are those in force in England in 2026 under the Town and Country Planning (Fees for Applications) Regulations. Confirm your local authority at gov.uk and submission requirements on the Planning Portal. Studio: 71–75 Shelton Street, London WC2H 9JQ.

The first step for a Bickley owner is a measured survey, not a design. This Bickley page was reviewed in August 2026.