Controversial Glades planning application for restaurants in Queens Gardens – refused

Last week Bromley Council refused the planning application to build restaurants in Queens Gardens (behind the Glades, adjacent to Kentish Way). The application has caused controversy as part of the land is in a conservation area, the new restaurant chains may take trade away from the recently regenerated Bromley North area and a view that Bromley is currently too saturated with restaurants (what will happen to the site if the new restaurants are not profitable).