North Orpington Pumping Station East Drive Orpington

15/04610/FULL1Full App (Any Operational Development)Pending Decision

Full

Proposal

Erection of 35 dwellings incorporating 14x3 bed houses, 10x4 bed houses of 2-2.5 storey in height, an apartment block of 2.5 storeys in height comprising 8x2 bed and 3x1 bed flats with associated car parking, landscaping and vehicular access off Lockesley Drive.

Received: 26 October 2015
Decided: 31 August 2017 · Permission Subject to Legal Agreement
Decision level: Planning committee
Council: London Borough of Bromley
Ward: Cray Valley East

Approximate site (title boundary)

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ReceivedReceived26 Oct
ValidatedValidated18 Nov
Consult.Consultation25 Nov
TargetTarget Date13 Jan
DecidedDecided31 Aug

Decided in 652 days (council typically 56)

8 weeks typical decision time in Bromley76% of full applications approvedSee what's approved near your address

This is a full planning application for a new dwelling at North Orpington Pumping Station East Drive Orpington. Bromley has handled 8,587 applications of this type and approves 76% of them, typically deciding them in 62 days. This one was decided in 675 days, 88 weeks longer than Bromley's median. There have been 15 other applications at this address.

Application Details

Reference

15/04610/FULL1

Address

North Orpington Pumping Station East Drive Orpington

Local Authority

Bromley

Application Type

Full App (Any Operational Development)

Scale / Size

Large

Number of Dwellings

Decision Status

Conditions

Current Status

Decided

Ward

Cray Valley East

Applicant & Agent

Agent

Robinson Escott Planning

Architect ProfileROBINSON ESCOTT PLANNING LLP

Agent Address

Downe House 303 High Street Orpington Kent BR6 0NN

Planning Application Dates

Date Received

26 October 2015

Consultation Expiry

3 March 2017

Target Decision Date

13 January 2016

Date Decided

31 August 2017

Date Validated

18 November 2015

Date Submitted

26 October 2015

Consultation Start

4 November 2016

Consultation End

25 November 2016

Neighbour Consultation Start

10 February 2017

Neighbour Consultation End

3 March 2017

Last Date for Comments

25 November 2016

Committee Meeting

16 March 2017

Permission Expires

31 August 2020

Planning Decision

Decision

Permission Subject to Legal Agreement

Decided By

Committee Decision

Statutory Period

56 days

Publicity

Last Advertised

17 August 2016

Advertisement Expiry

7 September 2016

Appeal

Additional Information

Planning Portal ID

PP-04414871

Documents

172

Constraints

Coordinates

51.385680, 0.103898

Enriching application data

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Source: Bromley

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Planning history at this site

13 other applications at this property, newest first.

Planning 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.

A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.

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