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The Red Lion 259 High Street St Mary Cray Orpington BR5 4AR

16/03718/FULL1Full App (Any Operational Development)Approved
Full

Approved on 2 November 2016

Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Conversion of former public house to 2 two-bedroom flats with demolition of existing extensions and outbuildings, erection of 2 two-bedroom mews cottages, provision of hard and soft landscaping on site and on the High Street

Received
5 August 2016
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Cray Valley East
Agent
Matplan Limited
  1. Received5 Aug
  2. Validated5 Aug
  3. Consult.2 Sep
  4. Target30 Sep
  5. Decided2 Nov

Decided in 89 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for demolition at The Red Lion 259 High Street St Mary Cray Orpington BR5 4AR. Bromley has handled 8,588 applications of this type. This one was decided in 89 days, 5 weeks longer than Bromley's typical decision time. The site is in the St Mary Cray conservation area, with 3 listed buildings nearby. There have been 4 other applications at this address. We hold 3,015 applications in total for the BR5 postcode area.

77% of full 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
Full App (Any Operational Development)
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
5 August 2016
Consultation expiry
14 September 2016
Consultation start
12 August 2016
Consultation end
2 September 2016
Neighbour consultation start
12 August 2016
Neighbour consultation end
2 September 2016
Last date for comments
14 September 2016
Target decision date
30 September 2016
Permission expires
2 November 2019

Applicant and agent

Agent
Matplan Limited
Architect profile
MATPLAN LIMITED
Agent address
7 Siskin Gate Brackell Berkshire RG12 8BF

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
24 August 2016
Advertisement expiry
14 September 2016

Additional information

Documents
22
Constraints
8

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: St. Mary Cray
  • 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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© 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.

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Associated applications

  1. 2017
    25 Jan

    Details of conditions submitted in relation to planning permission ref 16/03718/FULL1

    ApprovedDischarge of conditions16/03718/CONDIT
  2. 2016
    5 Aug

    Conversion of former public house to 2 two-bedroom flats with demolition of existing extensions and…

    This applicationApprovedFull16/03718/FULL1

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