There is a planning application to put an 18m telecoms mast on Elmers End Green. Please object to this application on Bromley’s website
Go to search applications then put the number 20/03020
This is the actual application but the link may have been stopped. https://searchapplications.bromley.gov.uk/online-applications/simpleSearchResults.do?action=firstPage
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The mast is intended to go on the corner of the Green as you turn from Croydon Road into Upper Elmers End Road. Approaching from Beckenham, it would be the only thing you would see about Elmers End and would dwarf everything else on this open space. It would half as high again as the tallest tree on the Green.
West Beckenham RA strongly objects to the application because
1. The Green is protected as Urban Open Space. The council’s policy on Urban Open Space is that “any development must be related to the existing use or be small scale. …. The scale, siting and size of the proposal should not unduly impact on the open nature of the site.” An 18m mast is not related to the existing use of the Green nor is it small scale.
2. The application is made under permitted development rights but the council must approve the siting and appearance of any telecoms mast.
3. The visual impact of the mast and its cabinets would be severely detrimental. The view of Elmers End approaching from Beckenham would be totally dominated by this mast giving a very poor impression of Elmers End. However, the mast would not be acceptable on any part of the Green.
4. The mast would be half as tall again as the tallest tree on the Green and here would be several large cabinets around it, plus presumably a fence.
5. The proposed location is just feet away from the Elmers End sign erected by the Elmers End Residents’ Association in 1998. The sign regularly features in programmes such as Location, Location, Location.
6. In 2016 Cllr Peter Dean unveiled a plaque celebrating the 300 year history of the Green.
7. LB Bromley have proposed, as part of the Bromley Air Quality Action Plan, to investigate improving the Green.
8. Such a huge mast should be sited where it is not so visually intrusive and certainly not on Urban Open Space.
See our Local History page for the history of Elmers End Green http://www.westbeckenhamra.org/local-history/a-brief-history-of-elmers-end-green/