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First Centre West Buses Ltd Faraday Way Orpington BR5 3QT

09/03547/FULL1Full App (Any Operational Development)Withdrawn
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Withdrawn on 5 January 2011

Council decision: Application WithdrawnPlanning committee

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Part one/part two storey building for bus depot and freestanding bus wash, hardstanding and boundary enclosures.

Received
4 December 2009
Decision level
Planning committee
Ward
Cray Valley East
Agent
Penson Architects
  1. Received4 Dec
  2. Validated29 Jan
  3. Consult.5 Mar
  4. Target26 Mar
  5. Decided5 Jan

Decided in 341 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application at First Centre West Buses Ltd Faraday Way Orpington BR5 3QT. Bromley has handled 8,588 applications of this type. It was withdrawn 397 days after it was submitted, before a decision was made. There have been 3 other applications at this address. We hold 3,017 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 3QT
Application type
Full App (Any Operational Development)
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
29 January 2010
Consultation expiry
10 March 2010
Consultation start
12 February 2010
Consultation end
5 March 2010
Neighbour consultation start
10 February 2010
Neighbour consultation end
3 March 2010
Last date for comments
15 March 2010
Target decision date
26 March 2010
Committee meeting
3 June 2010
Permission expires
5 January 2014

Applicant and agent

Agent
Penson Architects
Architect profile
PENSON ARCHITECTURE LIMITED
Agent address
117 Waterloo Road Waterloo London SE1 8UL

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
17 February 2010
Advertisement expiry
10 March 2010

Additional information

Documents
3
Constraints
2

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • 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 (22)

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, 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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© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

© 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.

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Bromley

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