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53 Elmcroft Road Orpington BR6 0HZ

17/03412/RESPAOffice to Resi Prior Approval (GPDO)Approved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 20 September 2017

Council decision: Grant Prior ApprovalDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Change of use of existing office block into 1 x two-bedroom and 1 x three-bedroom flats (56 day application for prior approval in respect of transport and highways, contamination and flood risks under Class O of Part 3 of the General Permitted Development Order 2015)

Received
26 July 2017
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Cray Valley East
Agent
Plan A UK Ltd
  1. Received26 Jul
  2. Validated2 Aug
  3. Consult.24 Aug
  4. Target27 Sep
  5. Decided20 Sep

Decided in 49 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application for a change of use at 53 Elmcroft Road Orpington BR6 0HZ. 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 4,114 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 0HZ
Application type
Office to Resi Prior Approval (GPDO)
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
2 August 2017
Consultation expiry
24 August 2017
Consultation start
3 August 2017
Consultation end
24 August 2017
Neighbour consultation start
3 August 2017
Neighbour consultation end
24 August 2017
Last date for comments
4 September 2017
Target decision date
27 September 2017

Applicant and agent

Agent
Plan A UK Ltd
Architect profile
PLAN A UK LTD
Agent address
Prince House Glen Road Grayshott Surrey GU26 6NF

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Documents
13
Constraints
4

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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.

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

5 other applications at this property, newest first.

  1. 2017
    21 Feb

    Formation of additional storey at second floor level and conversion of enlarged building from Class B1(a)…

    RefusedFull App (Any Operational Development)17/00780/FULL1
  2. 2016
    14 Dec

    Change of use of existing office block into 3 x one bedroom flats (56 day application for prior approval in…

    ApprovedOffice to Resi Prior Approval (GPDO)16/05718/RESPA
  3. 2016
    9 Sep

    Change of use from Class B1(a) offices to Class C3 residential including partial enclosure of under croft car…

    RefusedOffice to Resi Prior Approval (GPDO)16/04255/RESPA
  4. 2016
    18 Jul

    Change of use of existing office block including undercroft car park into 6 x one bedroom flats (56 day…

    RefusedOffice to Resi Prior Approval (GPDO)16/03418/RESPA
  5. 2008
    16 Oct

    Three storey front and rear extension and entire second floor extension for additional office space

    WithdrawnFull App (Any Operational Development)08/03533/FULL1

Source: Bromley

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