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St. Joseph's R.C. Church High Street St. Mary Cray Orpington Kent

04/01420/FULL1Full App (Any Operational Development)Withdrawn
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Withdrawn on 15 April 2005

Council decision: Application Withdrawn

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Proposal

Demolition of existing church, church hall and presbytery, formation of new pedestrian and vehicular access/egress to Kent Road. Erection of new church parish hall and presbytery with 14 houses (7 three bedroom houses and 7 two bedroom houses). The proposals only relate to those plans referred to in the agents covering letter dated 6th April 2004.

Received
21 April 2004
Ward
Cray Valley East
  1. Received21 Apr
  2. Validated21 Apr
  3. Consult.29 Jun
  4. Target16 Jun
  5. Decided15 Apr

Decided in 359 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for demolition at St. Joseph's R.C. Church High Street St. Mary Cray Orpington Kent. Bromley has handled 8,588 applications of this type. It was withdrawn 359 days after it was submitted, before a decision was made. The site is in the St Mary Cray conservation area, with 3 listed buildings nearby. There have been 6 other applications at this address.

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Application details

Application type
Full App (Any Operational Development)
Scale / size
Medium
Number of dwellings
14

Planning application dates

Date validated
21 April 2004
Consultation expiry
29 June 2004
Consultation start
29 June 2004
Consultation end
29 June 2004
Neighbour consultation start
21 May 2004
Neighbour consultation end
11 June 2004
Last date for comments
29 June 2004
Target decision date
16 June 2004
Decision issued
20 December 2012

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Ivy Mill House Ivy Mill Lane Godstone Surrey Rh9 8nr

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
29 April 2004
Advertisement expiry
20 May 2004

Additional information

Documents
17
Constraints
1

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

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 (20)

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Associated applications

  1. 2004
    21 Apr

    Demolition of existing church, church hall and presbytery, formation of new pedestrian and vehicular…

    This applicationWithdrawnFull04/01420/FULL1
  2. 2004
    21 Apr

    Demolition of existing church, church hall and presbytery CONSERVATION AREA CONSENT

    WithdrawnConservation Area ConsentFiled alongside04/01421/CAC

Planning history at this site

12 other applications at this property, newest first.

  1. 2019
    18 Oct

    Erection of single storey chapel on land to rear of Nos.274-280

    WithdrawnFull App (Any Operational Development)19/04458/FULL1
  2. 2014
    27 Mar

    Details of conditions submitted in relation to planning permission ref. 13/01109/MATAMDCondition

    Decision for Planning ConditionsDischarge of conditions13/01109/CONDIT
  3. 2014
    3 Mar

    Non-material amendment - Replacement of integral garage with kitchen and utility area. Replacement of garage…

    ApprovedNon-material amendment13/01109/AMD
  4. 2014
    18 Feb

    Erection of 3 three bedroom two storey terraced dwellings with landscaping and car parking spaces(Amendment…

    RefusedFull App (Any Operational Development)14/00618/FULL1
  5. 2013
    3 Apr

    Minor Material Amendment - amended access road arrangement to provide partial two way estate road with…

    ApprovedMinor Material Amendment13/01109/MATAMD
  6. 2009
    23 Oct

    Demolition of existing church (excluding bell tower)/ church hall/ presbytery and erection of new church/…

    ApprovedFull App (Any Operational Development)09/02991/FULL1

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