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St Andrews Church And Church Hall 78 Lower Road Orpington Kent

04/00924/FULL1Full App (Any Operational Development)Approved
Full

Approved on 29 June 2005

Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Demolition of existing scout hall and erection of single storey rear extension to church, with associated car parking and floodlighting at east end of church, together with security lighting

Received
8 March 2004
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Cray Valley East
  1. Received8 Mar
  2. Validated8 Mar
  3. Consult.23 Jun
  4. Target3 May
  5. Decided29 Jun

Decided in 478 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for demolition at St Andrews Church And Church Hall 78 Lower Road Orpington Kent. Bromley has handled 8,588 applications of this type. This one was decided in 478 days, 60 weeks longer than Bromley's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application at this address.

77% of full applications at London Borough of Bromley were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

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Application details

Application type
Full App (Any Operational Development)
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
8 March 2004
Consultation expiry
15 March 2005
Consultation start
23 June 2004
Consultation end
23 June 2004
Neighbour consultation start
22 February 2005
Neighbour consultation end
15 March 2005
Last date for comments
15 March 2005
Target decision date
3 May 2004
Decision issued
30 June 2005
Permission expires
30 June 2010

Applicant and agent

Agent address
177 Kirkdale Sydenham London SE26 4QH

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
1 April 2004
Advertisement expiry
22 April 2004

Additional information

Documents
15

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Not published by this council, so not checked: Article 4 directions. Ask the council if these matter.

Possibly incomplete for this council: tree preservation orders.

Also checked, none recorded (22)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, nutrient neutrality catchments, national parks, National Landscapes, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves, heritage coasts and brownfield registers.

A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

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© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

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Source: Bromley

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