263 High Street St Mary Cray Orpington BR5 4AR

15/03452/RECONRemoval or Variation of ConditionApproved

Discharge / amendments

Approved on 18 December 2015

Delegated (officer decision)

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Proposal

Removal of condition 7 of permission granted under ref 09/00984 for a tea room building to allow rear parking area to be used as outdoor seating area, and variation of conditions 8, 9 and 10 to allow ancillary preparation of food for outdoor catering (Class B2), extension of opening hours until 23:00hrs on 4 nights per month and late food preparation until 20:00hrs and for takeaway cold food during the day. (RETROSPECTIVE APPLICATION)

Received: 11 August 2015
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: London Borough of Bromley
Ward: Cray Valley East
Agent: Robinson Escott Planning

ReceivedReceived11 Aug
ValidatedValidated11 Aug
Consult.Consultation17 Sep
TargetTarget Date6 Oct
DecidedDecided18 Dec

Decided in 129 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an application to vary a condition at 263 High Street St Mary Cray Orpington BR5 4AR. Bromley has handled 1,274 applications of this type. This one was decided in 129 days, 10 weeks longer than Bromley's typical decision time. The site is in the St Mary Cray conservation area, with 4 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 3,017 applications in total for the BR5 postcode area.

95% of conditions 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 4AR
Application type: Removal or Variation of Condition
Scale / size: Small

Planning application dates

Date validated: 11 August 2015
Consultation expiry: 30 September 2015
Consultation start: 27 August 2015
Consultation end: 17 September 2015
Neighbour consultation start: 27 August 2015
Neighbour consultation end: 17 September 2015
Last date for comments: 30 September 2015
Target decision date: 6 October 2015

Applicant and agent

Agent: Robinson Escott Planning
Agent address: Downe House 303 High Street Orpington Kent BR6 7AP United Kingdom

Planning decision

Statutory period: 56 days

Publicity

Last advertised: 9 September 2015
Advertisement expiry: 30 September 2015
Site notice start: 2 September 2015

Additional information

Planning Portal ID: PP-04414965
Documents: 12
Constraints: 10

Site constraints

Checking the site

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

Conservation area: St. Mary CrayPart of the site
Listed building: Grade II: Rosecroft CottageOn or next to this site · +1 more
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 (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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Source: Bromley

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