2 The Approach Orpington BR6 0SH
Approved on 22 July 2020
Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Third floor extension to existing building to provide 2 one bedroom and 3 studio flats, addition of front entrance lobby and lift extension, and ancillary car parking and cycle storage.
- Received
- 9 March 2020
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- London Borough of Bromley
- Ward
- Orpington
- Agent
- BHD Architects
- ReceivedReceived9 Mar
- ValidatedValidated28 Apr
- Consult.Consultation22 May
- TargetTarget Date23 Jun
- DecidedDecided22 Jul
Decided in 85 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a full planning application for an extension at 2 The Approach Orpington BR6 0SH. Bromley has handled 8,588 applications of this type. This one was decided in 135 days, 11 weeks longer than Bromley's typical decision time. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 113 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 0SH
- Application type
- Full App (Any Operational Development)
- Scale / size
- Small
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 28 April 2020
- Consultation expiry
- 10 July 2020
- Consultation start
- 1 May 2020
- Consultation end
- 22 May 2020
- Neighbour consultation start
- 26 June 2020
- Neighbour consultation end
- 10 July 2020
- Last date for comments
- 10 July 2020
- Target decision date
- 23 June 2020
- Permission expires
- 22 July 2023
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- BHD Architects
- Agent address
- Oak House London Road Sevenoaks TN13 1AF
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-08562017
- Documents
- 23
- Constraints
- 5
Site constraints
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.
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Planning history at this site
3 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 20255 May
G14 Yew, Ash, Holly, Holm Oak, Sycamore - Selective prune to allow 0.5-1m clearance from overhead lines T15…
ApprovedTree Preservation Order Consent Element25/01682/TPO - 202429 May
First floor rear extension to Flat 38 with private amenity area
WithdrawnFull planning permission24/02039/FULL1 - 20234 Jul
Third floor extension to existing building to provide 2 one bedroom and 3 studio flats, addition of front…
ApprovedFull App (Any Operational Development)23/02559/FULL1
Source: Bromley
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