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Babbacombe House 2 Babbacombe Road Bromley BR1 3LW

14/01932/RESPAOffice to Resi Prior Approval (GPDO)Approved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 30 June 2014

Council decision: Grant Prior ApprovalDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Change of use of Babbacombe House from Class B1 (a) office to Class C3 dwellinghouses to form 4 one bedroom and 7 two bedroom flats (56 day application for prior approval in respect of transport and highways, contamination and flooding risks under Class J Part 3 of the GPDO)

Received
12 May 2014
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Plaistow And Sundridge
Agent
D and M Planning Ltd
  1. Received12 May
  2. Validated16 May
  3. Consult.10 Jun
  4. Target11 Jul
  5. Decided30 Jun

Decided in 45 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application for a change of use at Babbacombe House 2 Babbacombe Road Bromley BR1 3LW. Bromley has handled 2,558 applications of this type. This one was decided in 49 days, 7 days quicker than Bromley's typical decision time. There have been 2 other applications at this address. We hold 2,801 applications in total for the BR1 postcode area.

77% of outline 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
BR1 3LW
Application type
Office to Resi Prior Approval (GPDO)
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
16 May 2014
Consultation expiry
10 June 2014
Consultation start
20 May 2014
Consultation end
10 June 2014
Neighbour consultation start
20 May 2014
Neighbour consultation end
10 June 2014
Last date for comments
24 June 2014
Target decision date
11 July 2014

Applicant and agent

Agent
D and M Planning Ltd
Agent address
Riverside Chambers 20 Bridge Street Godalming Surrey GU7 1HY

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Documents
15
Constraints
7

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

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© 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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