LB Bromley Planning Application 25/01602/FULL1 

07 October 2026

The Shortlands Tavern have appealed LB Bromley's refusal of their planning application for a shipping container in the garden. It is highly unlikely that the planning inspector will uphold the appeal - the reason will likely be that shipping containers don't belong in Conservation Areas.   Comments on the appeal can be made until 4th November via the government's appeal website.   

01 April 2026

Shipping container in the Shortlands Tavern garden refused retrospective permission for the following reason:  

"The proposal, by reason of its scale and siting, would result in a dominant and overbearing form of development within the streetscene, which fails to preserve or enhance the character and appearance of Shortlands Village Conservation Area, thereby contrary to Policy HC1 and D3 of the London Plan. Policies 37 and 41 of the Bromley Local Plan and Urban Design Guide Supplementary Planning Document (2023)."

18 May 2025

The Tavern has just submitted a retrospective application for a shipping container in the garden. This follows planning enforcement action, the third in the last few years.

We have objected with our reasons set out here (pdf)