46 High Street Orpington BR6 0JQ

19/00294/RESPAOffice to Resi Prior Approval (GPDO)Approved

Outline / PiP

Approved on 8 March 2019

Council decision: Grant Prior ApprovalDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)

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Proposal

Change of use from Class B1(a) office to Class C3 residential to form 17 one bedroom flats (56 day application for prior approval in respect of transport and highways, contamination, flooding and impacts of noise from commercial premises under Class O, Part 3 of the General Permitted Development Order)

Received: 24 January 2019
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: London Borough of Bromley
Ward: Cray Valley East
Agent: Mortonscarr Architects

ReceivedReceived24 Jan
ValidatedValidated24 Jan
Consult.Consultation26 Feb
TargetTarget Date21 Mar
DecidedDecided8 Mar

Decided in 43 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application for a change of use at 46 High Street Orpington BR6 0JQ. Bromley has handled 2,558 applications of this type. This one was decided in 43 days, 13 days quicker than Bromley's typical decision time. There have been 3 other applications at this address. We hold 4,117 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 0JQ
Application type: Office to Resi Prior Approval (GPDO)
Scale / size: Medium
Number of dwellings: 17

Planning application dates

Date validated: 24 January 2019
Consultation expiry: 26 February 2019
Consultation start: 5 February 2019
Consultation end: 26 February 2019
Neighbour consultation start: 5 February 2019
Neighbour consultation end: 26 February 2019
Last date for comments: 4 March 2019
Target decision date: 21 March 2019

Applicant and agent

Agent: Mortonscarr Architects
Agent address: Montpelier House 99 Montpelier Road Brighton BN1 3BE

Planning decision

Statutory period: 56 days

Additional information

Documents: 20
Constraints: 5

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

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Planning history at this site

5 other applications at this property, newest first.

Source: Bromley

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