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286 - 290 High Street Orpington BR6 0LU

18/00861/FULL1Full App (Any Operational Development)Approved
Full

Approved on 10 July 2018

Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Change of use of ground floor from retail (Class A1) to restaurant/cafe (Class A3) and ventilation ductwork at rear

Received
23 February 2018
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Orpington
Agent
Robinson Escott Planning
  1. Received23 Feb
  2. Validated26 Mar
  3. Consult.14 May
  4. Target21 May
  5. Decided10 Jul

Decided in 106 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at 286 - 290 High Street Orpington BR6 0LU. Bromley has handled 8,588 applications of this type. This one was decided in 137 days, 12 weeks longer than Bromley's typical decision time. There have been 3 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 114 applications across Orpington. We hold 4,117 applications in total for the BR6 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
BR6 0LU
Application type
Full App (Any Operational Development)
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
26 March 2018
Consultation expiry
9 July 2018
Consultation start
23 April 2018
Consultation end
14 May 2018
Neighbour consultation start
25 June 2018
Neighbour consultation end
9 July 2018
Last date for comments
9 July 2018
Target decision date
21 May 2018
Permission expires
10 July 2021

Applicant and agent

Agent
Robinson Escott Planning
Agent address
Downe House 303 High Street Orpington BR6 0NN

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
2 May 2018
Advertisement expiry
23 May 2018

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-06724196
Documents
14
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.

  • Brownfield land register: 286-290 High Street Orpington BR6 0LURegister site at or near this address
  • 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, 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 and heritage coasts.

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.

Associated applications

  1. 2018
    25 Jul

    Details of condition submitted in relation to planning permission ref: 18/00861/FULL1

    Decision for Planning ConditionsDischarge of conditions18/00861/CONDIT
  2. 2018
    23 Feb

    Change of use of ground floor from retail (Class A1) to restaurant/cafe (Class A3) and ventilation ductwork…

    This applicationApprovedFull18/00861/FULL1

Source: Bromley

Contains public sector information from the Planning London Datahub, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

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