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Sun Chemical Cray Avenue Orpington BR5 3PP

17/02279/FULL3Full App (Hybrid Op Dev + Change of Use)Approved
Full

Approved on 23 November 2017

Council decision: Application PermittedPlanning committee

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

Proposal

The redevelopment of an existing 2.38 hectare site for 13,975sqm of B1b (research and laboratory), B1c (light industrial), B2 (general industrial) and B8 (storage and distribution) use, with associated parking, service area and landscape. (Including adjacent plot on corner of Cray Valley Road and Faraday Way - Car Park Cray Valley Road Orpington BR5 2EY)

Received
17 May 2017
Decision level
Planning committee
Ward
Cray Valley East
Agent
PRC Architecture & Planning
  1. Received17 May
  2. Validated18 May
  3. Consult.4 Dec
  4. Target13 Jul
  5. Decided23 Nov

Decided in 189 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at Sun Chemical Cray Avenue Orpington BR5 3PP. Bromley has handled 942 applications of this type. This one was decided in 190 days, 19 weeks longer than Bromley's typical decision time. There have been 17 other applications at this address. We hold 3,015 applications in total for the BR5 postcode area.

73% of amendment 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 3PP
Application type
Full App (Hybrid Op Dev + Change of Use)
Scale / size
Large

Planning application dates

Date validated
18 May 2017
Consultation expiry
4 December 2017
Consultation start
13 November 2017
Consultation end
4 December 2017
Neighbour consultation start
16 October 2017
Neighbour consultation end
30 October 2017
Last date for comments
4 December 2017
Target decision date
13 July 2017
Committee meeting
23 November 2017
Decision issued
4 December 2017
Permission expires
4 December 2020

Applicant and agent

Agent
PRC Architecture & Planning
Architect profile
PRC ARCHITECTURE AND PLANNING LIMITED
Agent address
12 Warren Yard Warren Park Milton Keynes MK12 5NW

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
31 May 2017
Advertisement expiry
21 June 2017

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-06070610
Documents
125
Constraints
6

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

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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.

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  1. 2019
    28 Oct

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  2. 2019
    24 Sep

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  3. 2019
    12 Feb

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  4. 2018
    7 Nov

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  5. 2018
    2 Nov

    Non-material amendment to permission ref. 17/02279/FULL3

    ApprovedNon-material amendmentAmendment17/02279/AMD2
  6. 2018
    21 Sep

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  7. 2018
    20 Aug

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  8. 2018
    6 Jul

    Details of condition submitted in relation to planning permission ref: 17/02279/FULL3

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  9. 2018
    29 May

    Details of condition submitted in realtion to planning permission ref: 17/02279/FULL3Condition

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  10. 2018
    23 May

    Proposed non-material amendment to 17/02279/FULL3

    ApprovedNon-material amendmentAmendment17/02279/AMD
  11. 2018
    9 May

    Details of conditions submitted in relation to planning permission ref: 17/02279/FULL3Condition

    Decision for Planning ConditionsDischarge of conditionsFiled alongside17/02279/CONDT2
  12. 2018
    21 Feb

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  13. 2017
    27 Dec

    Details of conditions submitted in relation to planning permission ref: 17/02279/FULL3Condition

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  14. 2017
    17 May

    The redevelopment of an existing 2.38 hectare site for 13,975sqm of B1b (research and laboratory), B1c (light…

    This applicationApprovedAmendment17/02279/FULL3

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