263 High Street St. Mary Cray Orpington Kent BR5 4AR

08/02034/FULL3Full App (Hybrid Op Dev + Change of Use)Approved

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Approved on 1 September 2008

Council decision: Application PermittedPlanning committee

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Proposal

Demolition of existing building and erection of detached single storey building for use as tea room (class A3)

Received: 10 June 2008
Decision level: Planning committee
Council: London Borough of Bromley
Ward: Cray Valley East

ReceivedReceived10 Jun
ValidatedValidated10 Jun
Consult.Consultation8 Jul
TargetTarget Date5 Aug
DecidedDecided1 Sep

Decided in 83 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at 263 High Street St. Mary Cray Orpington Kent BR5 4AR. Bromley has handled 942 applications of this type. This one was decided in 83 days, 4 weeks longer than Bromley's typical decision time. The site is in the St Mary Cray conservation area, with 4 listed buildings nearby. There have been 5 other applications at this address. We hold 3,017 applications in total for the BR5 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: BR5 4AR
Application type: Full App (Hybrid Op Dev + Change of Use)
Scale / size: Small

Planning application dates

Date validated: 10 June 2008
Consultation expiry: 16 July 2008
Consultation start: 17 June 2008
Consultation end: 8 July 2008
Neighbour consultation start: 11 August 2008
Neighbour consultation end: 4 July 2008
Last date for comments: 16 July 2008
Target decision date: 5 August 2008
Committee meeting: 28 August 2008
Permission expires: 1 September 2013

Applicant and agent

Agent address: 15 Maes-y-fron Terrace Abercrave Swansea Valley Powys SA9 1XE Powys

Planning decision

Statutory period: 56 days

Publicity

Last advertised: 25 June 2008
Advertisement expiry: 16 July 2008

Additional information

Documents: 6
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: Rosecroft CottageOn or next to this site · +1 more
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.

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Planning history at this site

6 other applications at this property, newest first.

Source: Bromley

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