Districts · London Borough of Bromley
Can I extend my house in BR5?
St Paul’s Cray, St Mary Cray and Petts Wood. Petts Wood’s character is the constraint to take seriously. Places in this outward code include Petts Wood, St Mary Cray, St Paul’s Cray.
Petts Wood is not the same as the Crays
Petts Wood has a well-known conservation area and a consistent interwar character. Roof alterations and front additions are looked at harder there than on many other BR5 streets. St Mary Cray and St Paul’s Cray have their own centres and their own, different, constraints.
Do not treat an approval in one of those places as evidence for another. A report for the address you are buying will stay inside a few hundred metres, which is the distance at which the street actually matters.
This page is about the area, not one house. Order a report for the full postcode. See all areas we cover.
Check with your council. Rules change, and every house is different.