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1A Sanderstead Road Orpington BR5 4AE

14/03616/ELUDCertificate of Lawfulness (Existing)Refused
Lawful development certificate

Refused on 21 May 2015

Council decision: Existing Use/Development is Not LawfulDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Use of site for hand washing and vacuuming of vehicles (cars and vans) together with vehicle parking and sales and residential use (not necessarily for the use of employees linked with business on site) of the detached house at the site.CERTIFICATE OF LAWFULNESS FOR AN EXISTING USE.

Received
15 September 2014
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Cray Valley East
  1. Received15 Sep
  2. Validated31 Jan
  3. Consult.24 Feb
  4. Target28 Mar
  5. Decided21 May

Decided in 110 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at 1A Sanderstead Road Orpington BR5 4AE. Bromley has handled 942 applications of this type. This one was decided in 248 days, 27 weeks longer than Bromley's typical decision time. There have been 6 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 4AE
Application type
Certificate of Lawfulness (Existing)
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
31 January 2015
Consultation expiry
20 March 2015
Consultation start
3 February 2015
Consultation end
24 February 2015
Neighbour consultation start
27 February 2015
Neighbour consultation end
20 March 2015
Last date for comments
24 February 2015
Target decision date
28 March 2015

Applicant and agent

Agent address
29 Crescent Road Crouch End London N8 8AL

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Appeal

Appeal status
Appeal decided
Appeal result
Appeal Dismissed

Additional information

Documents
13
Constraints
5

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.

Planning history at this site

6 other applications at this property, newest first.

  1. 2017
    1 Dec

    Change of use from vehicle hire centre to hand car wash and valeting business, with retention of existing…

    Decline to Determine ApplicationFull App (Hybrid Op Dev + Change of Use)17/05559/FULL3
  2. 2016
    8 Mar

    Use of yard for hand car wash and associated canopy (max height 3.6m) to include enclosed vacuum and jet…

    RefusedFull App (Hybrid Op Dev + Change of Use)16/01162/FULL3
  3. 2015
    22 Sep

    Use of yard for hand car wash/valet facility and associated canopy (max height 3.6m) to include enclosed…

    RefusedFull App (Any Operational Development)15/04102/FULL1
  4. 2014
    7 Jul

    Use of yard for hand car wash/valet facility and associated canopy, maximum height 3600mm, to include…

    RefusedFull App (Change of Use Only)14/02656/FULL2
  5. 2014
    2 Jul

    Non- Illuminated free standing sign plus 2 non-illuminated, wall mounted 2D signs.

    RefusedAdvertisement consent14/02652/ADV
  6. 2014
    31 Jan

    Use of yard for hand car washing facility and erection of canopy, maximum height 2675mmRETROSPECTIVE…

    RefusedFull App (Change of Use Only)14/00429/FULL2

Source: Bromley

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