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160-166 Main Road Biggin Hill Westerham Kent TN16 3BA

06/03884/FULL2Full App (Change of Use Only)Refused
Full

Refused on 29 January 2007

Council decision: Application RefusedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Change of use from industrial to residential for part of site and residential development of two/three storeys for 16 two and three bedroom flats and 3 three bedroom houses (Total of 19 units) with car parking and associated amenity space.OUTLINE APPLICATION

Received
30 October 2006
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Biggin Hill
  1. Received30 Oct
  2. Validated30 Oct
  3. Consult.27 Nov
  4. Target25 Dec
  5. Decided29 Jan

Decided in 91 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at 160-166 Main Road Biggin Hill Westerham Kent TN16 3BA. Bromley has handled 942 applications of this type. This one was decided in 91 days, 5 weeks longer than Bromley's typical decision time. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 39 applications across Biggin Hill. We hold 2,971 applications in total for the TN16 postcode area.

73% of amendment 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

Postcode
TN16 3BA
Application type
Full App (Change of Use Only)
Scale / size
Medium
Number of dwellings
19

Planning application dates

Date validated
30 October 2006
Consultation expiry
25 December 2006
Consultation start
6 November 2006
Consultation end
27 November 2006
Neighbour consultation start
4 December 2006
Neighbour consultation end
25 December 2006
Last date for comments
25 December 2006
Target decision date
25 December 2006
Permission expires
29 January 2012

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Castle Barn 2 Castle Lodge Broadwater Lane Sedgwick Horsham RH13 6QJ W Sussex

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
9 November 2006
Advertisement expiry
30 November 2006

Appeal

Appeal status
Appeal decided
Appeal result
Appeal Allowed

Additional information

Documents
5

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Brownfield land register: 156 - 158 Main Road Biggin Hill TN16 3BARegister site at or near this address
  • 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 (21)

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 and heritage coasts.

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.

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

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Planning history at this site

7 other applications at this property, newest first.

  1. 2011
    14 Apr

    Non-material amendment - Revisions to doors, windows and internal layouts

    ApprovedNon-material amendment09/03615/AMD
  2. 2010
    29 Mar

    Application to extend the time limit for implementation of DC/06/03884

    ApprovedExtension of Time Application10/00889/EXTEND
  3. 2009
    21 Dec

    3 blocks (two storeys, two/ three storey and three storeys high) comprising 1 one bedroom, 13 two bedroom and…

    RefusedFull App (Any Operational Development)09/03615/FULL1
  4. 2006
    27 Feb

    First and second floor extension over existing retail units and 3 storey block to provide a total of 24…

    WithdrawnOutline - Hybrid Op Dev + Change of Use06/00758/OUT2
  5. 2005
    2 Dec

    Change of use of building to restaurant seating area (Class A3) in connection with restaurant at Unit 1 166…

    RefusedFull App (Hybrid Op Dev + Change of Use)05/04261/FULL3
  6. 2005
    3 Nov

    Change of use from retail shop (Class A1) to mixed use retail shop (Class A1) and cafe/takeaway (Class A3/A5)

    RefusedFull App (Change of Use Only)05/03872/FULL2

Source: Bromley

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