8D Chelsfield Road Orpington BR5 4DN
Proposal
Continued residential use of studio flat (EXISTING) LAWFUL DEVELOPMENT CERTIFICATE
- Received
- 10 December 2018
- Decided
- 6 March 2019 · Existing Use/Development is Not Lawful
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- London Borough of Bromley
- Ward
- Cray Valley East
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- ReceivedReceived10 Dec
- ValidatedValidated18 Jan
- Consult.Consultation19 Feb
- TargetTarget Date15 Mar
- DecidedDecided6 Mar
Decided in 47 days (council typically 56)
This is an application to amend a permission at 8D Chelsfield Road Orpington BR5 4DN. Bromley has handled 942 applications of this type and approves 78% of them, typically deciding them in 56 days. This one was decided in 86 days, 4 weeks longer than Bromley's median. The site is in the St Mary Cray conservation area, with 3 listed buildings nearby. There have been 2 other applications at this address. We hold 2,994 applications in total for the BR5 postcode area.
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Planning history at this site
2 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 20142 Jun
Use of premises as private hire taxi booking and walk-in office (Sui Generis Use)
RefusedFull App (Change of Use Only)14/02124/FULL2 - 201023 Dec
Change of use of ground floor from retail shop (Class A1) to studio flat (Class C3) with elevational…
RefusedFull App (Hybrid Op Dev + Change of Use)10/03644/FULL3
Planning constraints
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.
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