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St Josephs RC Church High Street St Mary Cray Orpington

09/02991/FULL1Full App (Any Operational Development)Approved
Full

Approved on 14 January 2010

Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Demolition of existing church (excluding bell tower)/ church hall/ presbytery and erection of new church/ church hall / presbytery/ housing development comprising 2 four bedroom semi detached and 6 three bedroom terraced houses with landscaping/ car parking/ alterations to access (elevational and other changes to church, hall and presbytery of scheme allowed on appeal under ref 07/04350)

Received
23 October 2009
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Cray Valley East
  1. Received23 Oct
  2. Validated23 Oct
  3. Consult.30 Nov
  4. Target18 Dec
  5. Decided14 Jan

Decided in 83 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for demolition at St Josephs RC Church High Street St Mary Cray Orpington. Bromley has handled 8,588 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 3 listed buildings nearby. There have been 4 other applications 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
23 October 2009
Consultation expiry
9 December 2009
Consultation start
9 November 2009
Consultation end
30 November 2009
Neighbour consultation start
6 November 2009
Neighbour consultation end
27 November 2009
Last date for comments
9 December 2009
Target decision date
18 December 2009
Permission expires
14 January 2013

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Miss B. Coyle Number One The Drive Brentwood Essex CM13 3DJ

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
18 November 2009
Advertisement expiry
9 December 2009

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-000861491
Documents
9
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)

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

13 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. 2007
    4 Dec

    Demolition of existing church (excluding bell tower)/ church hall/ presbytery (Conservation Area Consent)

    RefusedConservation Area Consent07/04360/CAC

Source: Bromley

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