Why don't I see my neighbour's extension in the Location Plan?

7 years ago

last modified: 7 years ago

We moved into our house less than six months ago. I was looking up online the planning applications approved on my street to get an idea of what the council seemed to allow. All the applications have a document called Location Plan which seems to show the outline (aerial sketch) of most of the houses on my street including mine. My neighbour has a single floor extension coming right up to the boundary wall along the length of his house. We both live in detached houses. I heard from someone that our council (Bromley) discourages detached home owners to build extensions right up to the boundary wall to prevent 'terraced effect'. I also happened to notice that this extension my neighbour did, which is self-build done many years ago, does not seem to figure in any of the Location Plan documents. So how could he have managed to get a planning permission and why does it not show in the most recent location plan which was dated May 2016? Any thoughts?

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moiraford
7 years ago
Hi,the location plan will usually show the boundary, but not the property details, so don't worry if it's not exact. However your neighbours planning permission for their extension will still be on the Bromley council planning portal. You can search for it by typing in their address. This will show you the planning officers report on the grounds the extension was granted. If the planning permission is not there, then you can inform the planners and take advice from them.
moiraford
7 years ago
Sorry I'm confusing the site plan and the block plan. The site plan should have the scale drawing of the proposed extension. Sometimes the documents get archived but you can request them.
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Why don't I see my neighbour's extension in the Location Plan?

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