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79 High Street St. Mary Cray Orpington Kent BR5 3NH

06/04539/FULL1Full App (Any Operational Development)Approved
Full

Approved on 29 January 2007

Council decision: Permission Subject to Legal AgreementPlanning committee

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Conversion of former police station and erection of 2 three storey blocks and 1 four storey block with ground level car parking comprising 15 one bedroom 6 two bedroom and 8 three bedroom flats with 32 car parking spaces and associated works (High Street and Mountfield Way frontages) Revised scheme to that permitted under ref 06/00314 to incorporate elevational alterations including changes to fenestration/ site levels/ building heights and new rear dormer to Block B.

Received
18 December 2006
Decision level
Planning committee
Ward
Cray Valley East
  1. Received18 Dec
  2. Validated18 Dec
  3. Consult.26 Jan
  4. Target12 Feb
  5. Decided29 Jan

Decided in 42 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a dormer extension at 79 High Street St. Mary Cray Orpington Kent BR5 3NH. Bromley has handled 8,588 applications of this type. This one was decided in 42 days, 2 weeks quicker than Bromley's typical decision time. The site is in the St Mary Cray conservation area, with 3 listed buildings nearby. There have been 3 other applications at this address. We hold 3,015 applications in total for the BR5 postcode area.

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

Postcode
BR5 3NH
Application type
Full App (Any Operational Development)
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
18 December 2006
Consultation expiry
1 February 2007
Consultation start
5 January 2007
Consultation end
26 January 2007
Neighbour consultation start
28 December 2006
Neighbour consultation end
18 January 2007
Last date for comments
1 February 2007
Target decision date
12 February 2007
Committee meeting
15 February 2007
Decision issued
15 March 2007
Permission expires
15 March 2012

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Suite 20, 70 Churchill Square Kings Hill West Malling ME19 4YU

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
11 January 2007
Advertisement expiry
1 February 2007

Additional information

Documents
20
Constraints
1

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: St. Mary CrayPart of the site
  • Listed building: Grade II: Durley HouseOn or next to this site
  • 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 (20)

flood storage areas, 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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