Lubbock House 1 Northolme Rise Orpington BR6 9RF

19/04439/FULL1Full App (Any Operational Development)Refused

Full

Refused on 22 May 2020

Council decision: Application RefusedPlanning committee

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Proposal

Demolition of existing building and construction of part 3/part 4 storey block of 34 flats with associated car and bicycle parking, refuse and recycling storage and landscaping

Received: 30 October 2019
Decision level: Planning committee
Council: London Borough of Bromley
Ward: Farnborough And Crofton
Agent: Ubique Architects

ReceivedReceived30 Oct
ValidatedValidated16 Dec
Consult.Consultation11 May
TargetTarget Date10 Feb
DecidedDecided22 May

Decided in 158 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for demolition at Lubbock House 1 Northolme Rise Orpington BR6 9RF. Bromley has handled 8,588 applications of this type. This one was decided in 205 days, 21 weeks longer than Bromley's typical decision time. There have been 6 other applications at this address. We hold 4,114 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 9RF
Application type: Full App (Any Operational Development)
Scale / size: Large
Number of dwellings: 34

Planning application dates

Date validated: 16 December 2019
Consultation expiry: 21 May 2020
Consultation start: 20 April 2020
Consultation end: 11 May 2020
Neighbour consultation start: 7 May 2020
Neighbour consultation end: 21 May 2020
Last date for comments: 21 May 2020
Target decision date: 10 February 2020
Committee meeting: 21 May 2020

Applicant and agent

Agent: Ubique Architects
Agent address: Ubique Architects 11 Ashford House, Beaufort Court Sir Thomas Longley Road Rochester ME2 4FA United Kingdom

Planning decision

Statutory period: 56 days

Publicity

Last advertised: 1 January 2020
Advertisement expiry: 22 January 2020

Additional information

Planning Portal ID: PP-08253324
Documents: 130
Constraints: 6

Site constraints

Checking the site

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Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

Brownfield land register: Lubbock House, 1 Northolme Rise, BR6 9RFRegister 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.

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12 other applications at this property, newest first.

Source: Bromley

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