22 Tower Road Orpington BR6 0SQ

18/04294/ELUDCertificate of Lawfulness (Existing)Refused

Lawful development certificate

Refused on 10 December 2018

Council decision: Existing Use/Development is Not LawfulDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)

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Proposal

Use of property as a house in multiple occupation for more than 6 people (Sui Generis) LAWFUL DEVELOPMENT CERTIFICATE (EXISTING)

Received: 20 September 2018
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: London Borough of Bromley
Ward: Orpington

ReceivedReceived20 Sep
ValidatedValidated4 Oct
Consult.Consultation24 Oct
TargetTarget Date29 Nov
DecidedDecided10 Dec

Decided in 67 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at 22 Tower Road Orpington BR6 0SQ. Bromley has handled 942 applications of this type. This one was decided in 81 days, 4 weeks longer than Bromley's typical decision time. There have been 4 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.

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: BR6 0SQ
Application type: Certificate of Lawfulness (Existing)
Scale / size: Small

Planning application dates

Date validated: 4 October 2018
Consultation expiry: 3 November 2018
Consultation start: 3 October 2018
Consultation end: 24 October 2018
Neighbour consultation start: 13 October 2018
Neighbour consultation end: 3 November 2018
Last date for comments: 5 November 2018
Target decision date: 29 November 2018
Decision issued: 11 December 2018

Applicant and agent

Agent: HPDESIGNSTUDIO
Agent address: FlatT 16 Purbeck House Bolney Street Lambeth South SW8 1EP

Planning decision

Statutory period: 56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID: PP-07293361
Documents: 14
Constraints: 6

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.

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Associated applications

2018
20 Sep
Use of property as a house in multiple occupation for more than 6 people (Sui Generis) LAWFUL DEVELOPMENT…
This applicationRefusedAmendment18/04294/ELUD
2018
18 Sep
Part two storey/first floor rear extension, rear dormers, elevational alterations, and conversion of…
ApprovedFull App (Any Operational Development)Filed alongside18/04252/FULL1

Planning history at this site

5 other applications at this property, newest first.

Source: Bromley

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