Policy information sourced from Bromley Local Plan

Policy 88 Hotels

Proposals for a hotel will be permitted provided that:

  • it is located in or on the edge of Bromley or Orpington town centres, or within a district centre or a local centre. Outside of these locations, applicants must demonstrate a need for the hotel and must show that a sequential approach to site selection has been applied and that there are no suitable or available sites in the town centres, edge of town centres or within district and local centres before considering out of centre sites in locations accessible by a choice of means of transport, and
  • the hotel will be well-separated from neighbouring residential properties and not give rise to unacceptable levels of noise and disturbance to occupiers of nearby properties.

Normally, applications for change of use to hotels, guesthouses and boarding-houses will only be permitted where:

  • the use is compatible with the character of the area and will not give rise to unacceptable levels of noise and disturbance to occupiers of nearby properties, and
  • the existing floor space of the property is greater than 170sqm.

For more information please see the Local Plan