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12 Poverest Road Orpington BR5 2TP

16/02555/RESPAOffice to Resi Prior Approval (GPDO)Approved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 21 July 2016

Council decision: Grant Prior ApprovalDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Change of use from B1(a) Offices to Class C3 (Dwellinghouse) to form no10 apartments (56 day application for prior approval in respect of transport and highways, contamination and flood risk under class O part 3 of the GPDO.

Received
26 May 2016
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Cray Valley East
  1. Received26 May
  2. Validated1 Jun
  3. Consult.23 Jun
  4. Target27 Jul
  5. Decided21 Jul

Decided in 50 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application for a change of use at 12 Poverest Road Orpington BR5 2TP. Bromley has handled 2,558 applications of this type. This one was decided in 56 days. There have been 4 other applications at this address. We hold 3,017 applications in total for the BR5 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
BR5 2TP
Application type
Office to Resi Prior Approval (GPDO)
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
1 June 2016
Consultation expiry
29 June 2016
Consultation start
2 June 2016
Consultation end
23 June 2016
Neighbour consultation start
2 June 2016
Neighbour consultation end
23 June 2016
Last date for comments
4 July 2016
Target decision date
27 July 2016

Applicant and agent

Agent address
RE Planning LLP Downe House 303 High Street Orpington BR6 0NN

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
8 June 2016
Advertisement expiry
29 June 2016

Additional information

Documents
17
Constraints
4

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • 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

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© 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

4 other applications at this property, newest first.

  1. 2016
    13 Dec

    Details of conditions submitted in relation to planning permission ref: 16/03838/FULL1Condition

    Decision for Planning ConditionsDischarge of conditions16/03838/CONDIT
  2. 2016
    15 Aug

    Proposed roof alterations including dormer windows, erection of stairwell, bin and cycle store and associated…

    ApprovedFull App (Any Operational Development)16/03838/FULL1
  3. 2016
    18 Apr

    Proposed alterations to second floor and the erection of a third floor to provide 5No residential apartments…

    RefusedFull App (Any Operational Development)16/01865/FULL1
  4. 2016
    2 Feb

    Change of use from B1(a) Offices to Class C3 (Dwellinghouse) to form no14 apartments (56 day application for…

    ApprovedOffice to Resi Prior Approval (GPDO)16/00576/RESPA

Source: Bromley

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