The Co-op at 76 Green Lane has applied to trade from 7am to 11pm every day. Comments close on 5 October, and officers rather than councillors will decide.

The Co-op on Green Lane in Chislehurst has applied to trade from 7am to 11pm every day of the week. Bromley Council validated the application on 10 September and comments close on 5 October.

The application is a variation of one condition on a permission granted sixteen years ago. It is listed on the borough’s planning register as 10/00776/S73A, at 76 Green Lane, BR7 6AZ (PlanIt record, from Bromley Council’s register). The council’s own record is here.

The proposal in the council’s words is a variation of condition 3 of permission 10/00776/FULL2, “granted for Change of use from former Royal British Legion Club to convenience food retail”, to extend opening hours “to allow for trading between 07.00 and 23.00 hours daily”.

What the record says

  • Reference: 10/00776/S73A
  • Address: 76 Green Lane, Chislehurst, BR7 6AZ
  • Ward: Chislehurst
  • Received and validated: 10 September 2026
  • Consultation closes: 5 October 2026
  • Target decision date: 6 October 2026
  • Decision route: delegated, so a planning officer decides rather than a committee
  • Documents on the register: two
  • Planning Portal reference: PP-15185659

The business at that address is the Co-op, which the Food Standards Agency lists as a supermarket rated 5 for food hygiene, inspected on 26 January 2024 (FSA register, Bromley).

One caveat on the detail, and it matters. The council’s planning register is a Salesforce application that will not open without JavaScript, so the wording of the existing condition 3 cannot be read from outside. What is on the record is what the applicant is asking for, 7am to 11pm daily. We are not going to state the current permitted hours until the document is readable.

The shop went to committee in 2010

The permission being varied is not a routine one. In 2010 the former Royal British Legion club at 76 Green Lane was converted into a convenience food shop. That application was not signed off by officers. It went to a committee, which met on 17 June 2010, and permission was issued the next day, 18 June 2010 (PlanIt record for 10/00776/FULL2).

The hours change is on a different track. The register marks it for a delegated decision, meaning a planning officer signs it off without a public debate or a councillor vote, unless it is called in first.

Timeline: the Royal British Legion club at 76 Green Lane became a shop by committee decision on 18 June 2010, the hours variation was validated on 10 September 2026, comments close on 5 October 2026 and the target decision date is 6 October 2026
Graphic by Bromley Online, from Bromley Council's planning register via the PlanIt API.

What it means for you

If you live near the parade, the practical question is noise and movement late in the evening: deliveries, customers, car doors and the shutters coming down. Those are planning matters and the council will weigh them. Some things people write in about are not, and the council says so plainly.

You can comment in two ways (Bromley Council: viewing and commenting on planning applications):

  • online, through the council’s planning applications search service, using “Submit comments” on the page for the application
  • by post, to Planning, Civic Centre, Stockwell Close, Bromley, BR1 3UH, quoting reference 10/00776/S73A

Three rules are worth knowing before you write:

  • The council normally allows 21 days for comments. On this application the register gives 5 October as the consultation end date.
  • Anonymous objections are not considered, and an objection without an address will not normally be given weight.
  • Commercial competition is not a planning consideration. Nor is loss of property value, loss of a view, or disturbance during building work. Highway safety and impact on lighting are.

Every comment received can be seen by the public, including the applicant. The council publishes letters of representation on its website with signatures, email addresses and phone numbers removed.

Our planning applications guide explains how the borough’s register works and where each stage is recorded, and we keep a running note of the bigger schemes in Bromley planning news.

Frequently asked questions

What is the Co-op on Green Lane applying for?

To vary condition 3 of the 2010 permission that turned the former Royal British Legion club at 76 Green Lane into a convenience food shop, so that it can trade between 7am and 11pm every day. The reference is 10/00776/S73A.

When do comments on the Chislehurst Co-op application close?

5 October 2026. The council’s target decision date is 6 October 2026.

Who decides it?

A planning officer, under delegated powers, rather than a committee of councillors. The original 2010 change of use was decided by a committee, which met on 17 June 2010.

How do I object or support it?

Online through the council’s planning applications search service, using “Submit comments” on the application page, or by post to Planning, Civic Centre, Stockwell Close, Bromley, BR1 3UH, quoting 10/00776/S73A. Anonymous comments are not considered and an objection without an address will not normally carry weight.

What will the council ignore?

Commercial competition, loss of property value, loss of a view and disturbance during building work. Highway safety and impact on lighting are planning matters and will be considered.

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