Falvey Brothers Lower Road Orpington BR5 4AL
Refused on 8 December 2014
Council decision: Application RefusedDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Demolition of existing buildings and erection of replacement building comprising 4 Class B1 office and light industrial units.
- Received
- 3 July 2014
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- London Borough of Bromley
- Ward
- Cray Valley East
- ReceivedReceived3 Jul
- ValidatedValidated14 Aug
- Consult.Consultation19 Sep
- TargetTarget Date9 Oct
- DecidedDecided8 Dec
Decided in 116 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a full planning application for demolition at Falvey Brothers Lower Road Orpington BR5 4AL. Bromley has handled 8,588 applications of this type. This one was decided in 158 days, 15 weeks longer than Bromley's typical decision time. There have been 2 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 4AL
- Application type
- Full App (Any Operational Development)
- Scale / size
- Small
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 14 August 2014
- Consultation expiry
- 1 October 2014
- Consultation start
- 29 August 2014
- Consultation end
- 19 September 2014
- Neighbour consultation start
- 29 August 2014
- Neighbour consultation end
- 19 September 2014
- Last date for comments
- 1 October 2014
- Target decision date
- 9 October 2014
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- TaDPlanning
- Agent address
- 51 Bayham Road Tunbridge Wells Kent TN2 5HU
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Publicity
- Last advertised
- 10 September 2014
- Advertisement expiry
- 1 October 2014
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-03481132
- Documents
- 8
- Constraints
- 5
Site constraints
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.
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Planning history at this site
3 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 201729 Jun
Retention of building as a single unit for use as a timber merchant with trade counter, ancillary car and…
ApprovedFull App (Any Operational Development)17/03018/FULL1 - 201617 Aug
Variation of original application from 2 units with 6 parking spaces to 1 unit with 4 parking spaces…
WithdrawnVariation of conditions (s73)16/03891/RECON - 20155 Feb
Demolition of existing buildings and erection of detached building comprising 2 class B1 office/light…
ApprovedFull App (Any Operational Development)15/00463/FULL1
Source: Bromley
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