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8 Moorfield Road Orpington BR6 0HQ

15/05433/RESPAOffice to Resi Prior Approval (GPDO)Approved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 29 January 2016

Council decision: Grant Prior ApprovalDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Change of use from Class B1(a) offices to Class C3 residential to form one residential dwelling (56 day application for prior approval in respect of transport and highways, contamination and flooding risks under Class O Part 3 of the (General Permitted Development)(England) Order 2015

Received
11 December 2015
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Petts Wood And Knoll
  1. Received11 Dec
  2. Validated11 Dec
  3. Consult.8 Jan
  4. Target5 Feb
  5. Decided29 Jan

Decided in 49 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application for a change of use at 8 Moorfield Road Orpington BR6 0HQ. 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 are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 4,117 applications in total for the BR6 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
BR6 0HQ
Application type
Office to Resi Prior Approval (GPDO)
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
11 December 2015
Consultation expiry
8 January 2016
Consultation start
18 December 2015
Consultation end
8 January 2016
Neighbour consultation start
18 December 2015
Neighbour consultation end
8 January 2016
Last date for comments
18 January 2016
Target decision date
5 February 2016
Decision issued
1 February 2016

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Eclipe House Eclipse Park Sittingbourne Road Maidstone Kent ME14 3EN

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Documents
8
Constraints
5

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: The Priory, OrpingtonPart of the site
  • 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 (21)

flood storage 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.

Source: Bromley

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