What's changing near BR3 1NB
Within 2 km, around New Beckenham in Bromley. Building, planning, schools, transport, prices and crime.
368new homes completed within 2 km, last 2 years
200homes given permission on brownfield sites since 2021
+0.9%like-for-like prices in New Beckenham, 2024 → 2025 (council +1.6%)
+5%recorded crime, last 12 months vs the 12 before
On the map
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Nearby, most recent first
- New homes
15 new homes completedflats · Sep 2026
Sept 2026
1.6 km away - New homes
5 new homes completedflats · Jan 2025 – Sep 2026
Sept 2026
1.3 km away - School closed
School closed: Kings LondonOther independent school, other independent school (closure)
Mar 2026
900 m away - New homes
9 new homes completedflats · Mar 2026
Mar 2026
1.2 km away - New homes
11 new homes completedflats · Jan 2026 – Mar 2026
Mar 2026
650 m away - New homes
5 new homes completedflats · Jan 2026
Jan 2026
1.4 km away - New homes
20 new homes completedflats · Jan 2026
Jan 2026
750 m away - New homes
5 new homes completedflats · Dec 2025
Dec 2025
2.0 km away - New homes
18 new homes completedflats · Dec 2025
Dec 2025
700 m away - New homes
18 new homes completedflats · Dec 2025
Dec 2025
700 m away - New homes
20 new homes completedflats · Oct 2024 – Nov 2025
Nov 2025
1.2 km away - New homes
20 new homes completedhouses · Jul 2025 – Oct 2025
Oct 2025
950 m away
Planning applications within 500 m
0applications in the last 12 months
0approved · 0 refused
0still being decided
17net new homes in approved schemes since 2023
- Application Under Consideration
42, Vicarage Drive, BR3 1JWGarage conversion to habitable space and elevational alterations.Bromley 25/02039/FULL6 · Householder
Jul 2025
450 m away - Application Under Consideration
The Lodge, Southend Road, BR3 1SEDemolition of existing building and redevelopment of the site to provide 6no. self-contained dwellings (Use Class C3) and associated landscaping, car parking, cycle parking, access and refuse storage.Bromley 25/01790/FULL1 · All Other · 6 homes proposed
Jun 2025
200 m away - Application Under Consideration
53, The Drive, BR3 1EE53 The DriveBromley 25/02043/PLUD · All Other
Jun 2025
450 m away - Application Under Consideration
58, The Drive, BR3 1EQT1 Ash in woodland behind - Create a new pollard approximately 3m above historic tear wound in main stem. T3 Sycamore in woodland area - Create a monolith at approximately 6m from ground level. SUBJECT TO TPO 740 (20.8.1991)Bromley 25/01918/TPO · All Other
May 2025
450 m away - Application Under Consideration
LAND TO THE EAST OF THE RAILWAY, BECKENHAM PLACE PARK, BECKENHAM, SE6Details submitted pursuant to Condition 22(a)(b)-Travel Plan of planning permission DC/21/124643 dated 22nd July 2022 at Land to the East of the Railway, Beckenham Place Park SE6.Lewisham DC/25/140180 · All Other
May 2025
200 m away - Application Under Consideration
Highway And Land, Canterbury CloseDetails submitted to comply with the requirements of the following conditions relating to planning permission 21/00292/RECON: Condition 3 - Construction & Environmental Management Plan Condition 5 - Surface Water Drainage Plan & Calculations Condition 6 - Slab Levels Condition 7 - Landscaping Plan Condition 10 - Materials Condition 11 - Privacy Screening
38homes extended 2021–2025, typically adding 26 m²
57since energy certificates began (2008)
3in BR3 1NB itself
- Extendedcertificate 2024
- Extendedcertificate 2019
- Extendedcertificate 2014
Spotted when a home's energy certificate shows at least 15 m² (and 15%) more floor area than an earlier one. Only homes with two certificates show up, so the real number is higher. A busy street suggests extensions get permission here; check the council's planning register for the details.
Storm overflows within 2 km
No monitored sewer storm overflows within 2 km (England only).
Environment Agency event duration monitoring, 2025 annual return (OGL; © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026). Overflows release diluted sewage into rivers and the sea when sewers are overwhelmed, mostly after heavy rain.
Solar, wind and battery projects within 10 km
31 planned, approved or being built and 3 running (62 MW between them). Those within 5 km are on the map above.
- Rooftop solar
The Spa, Beckenham Road - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 290 kW
Apr 2023
800 m away - Rooftop solar
Sedgehill Academy, Sedgehill Road - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 390 kW
Nov 2025
1.3 km away - Rooftop solar
David Lloyd Leisure, Stanhope Grove - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 490 kW
Aug 2023
1.9 km away - Rooftop solar
Croydon Road - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 180 kW
Oct 2023
2.3 km away - Rooftop solar
J Sainsbury, Walters Yard - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 240 kW
Jun 2026
2.9 km away - Rooftop solar
Downham Health & Leisure Centre, Moorside Road - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 230 kW
Mar 2025
3.0 km away - Rooftop solar
Pavilion Leisure Centre, Kentish Way - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built · 180 kW
Apr 2023
3.3 km away - Rooftop solar
Bethlem Royal Hospital, Monks Orchard Road - Solar Panels & Air Source Heat PumpsApproved, not yet built
Aug 2022
3.5 km away - Rooftop solar
Bethlem Royal Hospital, Monks Orchard Road - Solar PanelsPlanning application in
May 2026
3.8 km away - Rooftop solar
Trinity School Of John Whitgift, Shirley Road - Solar PanelsApproved, not yet built
Apr 20234.2 km away
Road and street works within 1 km
3 permitted works running now or planned, 1 of them major.
- Major, planned
Freshwood Close, BeckenhamUtility repair and maintenance works · SOUTHERN GAS NETWORKS PLC · Give and take
Jan 2027 to Feb 2027
600 m away - Minor
High Street, BeckenhamRemedial works · THAMES WATER · Some carriageway incursion
Oct 2026 to Oct 2026
700 m away - Minor
Beckenham Road, BeckenhamDisconnection or alteration of supply · SOUTHERN GAS NETWORKS PLC · Multi-way signals
Oct 2026 to Oct 2026
950 m away
DfT Street Manager permits (OGL), England. Dates are the planned ones; works often finish early or overrun.
Major infrastructure projects within 30 km
- Pre-applicationapplication due March 2028
8.3 km away - Decided
Silvertown TunnelHighways · The new road tunnel will pass under the River Thames between Silvertown and North Greenwich decided May 2018
10.3 km away - Decideddecided Sept 2014
12.3 km away - Decided
Riverside Energy ParkGenerating Stations · Immediately to the west of the existing Riverside Resource Recovery Facility,Bexley, London decided Apr 2020
16.2 km away - Decideddecided Nov 2025
16.5 km away - Decideddecided Apr 2014
21.3 km away - Pre-application
Transport schemes within 20 km
- Transport
Northern line extension: Nine ElmsNew Underground station, opened September 2021
Sept 2021
10.3 km away - Transport
Northern line extension: Battersea Power StationNew Underground station, opened September 2021
Sept 2021
10.9 km away - TransportMay 2022
15.4 km away - Transport
Barking Riverside Overground stationNew station and Overground extension, opened July 2022
Jul 2022
15.5 km away - Transport
HS2: Old Oak Common stationUnder construction (HS2 and Elizabeth line interchange)
under construction
19.9 km away
Application Under Consideration3, 4, The Mews, High Street, BR3 1BQChange of use of existing property from Use Class E (commercial) to Use Class C3 (Dwellinghouses) into 1 No.2-bedroom dwelling under Class MA, Part 3, Schedule 2 of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) Order 2015 (as amended) (56 day application for prior approval in respect of transport and highways impacts, contamination risks, flood risk, noise impacts, character or susBromley 25/01883/CUETC3 · All Other · 1 homes proposed
May 2025
300 m away Running nearest: SELCHP ERF (energy from waste, 8.1 km); Beddington EfW (energy from waste, 9.1 km); Thameside DC (rooftop solar, 9.7 km).
DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database, April to June 2026 (OGL). Projects of 150 kW and over; refused, withdrawn and abandoned ones are left out.
Planning Inspectorate list of nationally significant infrastructure projects (roads, railways, energy, water, waste), October 2026 (OGL). Each is placed at one point, usually the middle of the site; long schemes run well beyond it.