Lubbock House, 1 Northolme Rise, Orpington, BR6 9RF

20/01280/OUTOutline planning permission: Some matters reservedApproved

Outline / PiP

Approved on 2 October 2020

Council decision: GRANTED SUBJECT TO SECTION 106 LEGAL AGREEMENTPlanning committee

Approximate site (title boundary)

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Proposal

Demolition of existing building and construction of a new building to create a part 3 / part 4 storey block of 43 x 1 bedroom flats as specialist housing for the elderly, with associated parking, refuse store and landscaping (OUTLINE APPLICATION)

Received: 9 April 2020
Decision level: Planning committee
Council: London Borough of Bromley
Ward: Farnborough & Crofton
Agent: Ubique Architects

ReceivedReceived9 Apr
ValidatedValidated28 Apr
Consult.Consultation21 Jul
TargetTarget Date28 Jul
DecidedDecided2 Oct

Decided in 157 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application for demolition at Lubbock House, 1 Northolme Rise, Orpington, BR6 9RF. Bromley has handled 2,558 applications of this type. This one was decided in 176 days, 17 weeks longer than Bromley's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 192 applications across Farnborough & Crofton. We hold 4,114 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 9RF
Application type: Outline planning permission: Some matters reserved
Scale / size: Large
Number of dwellings: 43

Planning application dates

Date validated: 28 April 2020
Consultation expiry: 22 July 2020
Consultation start: 30 June 2020
Consultation end: 21 July 2020
Neighbour consultation start: 1 July 2020
Neighbour consultation end: 22 July 2020
Last date for comments: 22 July 2020
Target decision date: 28 July 2020
Committee meeting: 24 September 2020
Decision published: 3 February 2021
Permission expires: 3 February 2024

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: 91 days

Publicity

Last advertised: 6 May 2020
Advertisement expiry: 27 May 2020

Additional information

Planning Portal ID: PP-08632563
Documents: 112
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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Source: Bromley

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