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18 Homefield Rise, Orpington, BR6 0RU

20/02697/FULL1Full planning permissionApproved
Full

Approved on 4 December 2020

Council decision: GRANTED SUBJECT TO SECTION 106 LEGAL AGREEMENTPlanning committee

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Demolition of 4 pairs of semi-detached two storey houses and one detached bungalow and erection of one part 3/part 4 storey building at 18-28 Homefield Rise comprising 37 x 1 and 2 bedroom apartments with 22 parking spaces (Block A/Phase 1). Erection of one part 3/part 4 storey building at 38-44 Homefield Rise comprising 31 x 1 and 2 bedroom apartments with 20 parking spaces (Block B/Phase 2). Erection of cycle and refuse stores. Associated landscaping and tree planting.

Received
3 August 2020
Decision level
Planning committee
Ward
Orpington
Agent
Robinson Escott Planning
  1. Received3 Aug
  2. Validated7 Aug
  3. Consult.31 Aug
  4. Target6 Nov
  5. Decided4 Dec

Decided in 119 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for demolition at 18 Homefield Rise, Orpington, BR6 0RU. Bromley has handled 8,588 applications of this type. This one was decided in 123 days, 10 weeks longer than Bromley's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 114 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 0RU
Application type
Full planning permission
Scale / size
Large

Planning application dates

Date validated
7 August 2020
Consultation expiry
11 November 2020
Consultation start
10 August 2020
Consultation end
31 August 2020
Neighbour consultation start
28 October 2020
Neighbour consultation end
11 November 2020
Last date for comments
23 December 2020
Target decision date
6 November 2020
Committee meeting
19 November 2020
Decision published
23 December 2020
Permission expires
23 December 2023

Applicant and agent

Agent
Robinson Escott Planning
Agent address
Downe House 303 High Street Orpington BR6 0NN United Kingdom

Planning decision

Statutory period
91 days

Publicity

Last advertised
19 August 2020
Advertisement expiry
9 September 2020

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-08929789
Documents
173
Constraints
5

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Brownfield land register: 18-44 Homefield Rise Orpington, BR6 ORURegister 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.

A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

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© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Associated applications

  1. 2021
    24 Jun

    An application submitted under Section 96a of the Town & Country Planning Act 1990 for a non-material…

    ApprovedNon-material amendmentAmendment20/02697/AMD
  2. 2020
    3 Aug

    Demolition of 4 pairs of semi-detached two storey houses and one detached bungalow and erection of one part…

    This applicationConditionsFull20/02697/FULL1

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