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6 Moorfield Road Orpington BR6 0HQ

20/04074/FULL1Full App (Any Operational Development)Approved
Full

Approved on 22 March 2021

Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Change of use from A2 (professional services) to C3 (residential) to provide 1x 1-bedroom flat with amenity space, refuse store and elevational changes.

Received
6 October 2020
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Petts Wood And Knoll
  1. Received6 Oct
  2. Validated4 Jan
  3. Consult.11 Mar
  4. Target1 Mar
  5. Decided22 Mar

Decided in 77 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at 6 Moorfield Road Orpington BR6 0HQ. Bromley has handled 8,588 applications of this type. This one was decided in 167 days, 16 weeks longer than Bromley's typical decision time. The site is in the The Priory, Orpington conservation area. There have been 12 other applications at this address. 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 0HQ
Application type
Full App (Any Operational Development)
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
4 January 2021
Consultation expiry
24 March 2021
Consultation start
18 February 2021
Consultation end
11 March 2021
Neighbour consultation start
19 February 2021
Neighbour consultation end
12 March 2021
Last date for comments
24 March 2021
Target decision date
1 March 2021
Decision issued
25 March 2021
Permission expires
25 March 2024

Applicant and agent

Agent
Highgate
Agent address
43 Willow Lea Tonbridge TN10 3RE

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
3 March 2021
Advertisement expiry
24 March 2021
Site notice start
28 February 2021
Site notice end
21 March 2021

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-09121630
Documents
10
Constraints
6

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: The Priory, Orpington
  • Brownfield land register: 100 High Street Orpington BR6 0JYRegister 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 (20)

flood storage 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.

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Planning history at this site

12 other applications at this property, newest first.

  1. 2019
    4 Jun

    Change of use from A2 (professional services) to C3 (residential) to create 1x two-bedroom flat and…

    RefusedFull App (Any Operational Development)19/02411/FULL1
  2. 2018
    27 Apr

    Change of use from A2 (professional services) to C3 (residential) to create 2x studio flats, erection of…

    RefusedFull App (Any Operational Development)18/01928/FULL1
  3. 2018
    27 Apr

    Change of use from A2 (professional services) to C3 (residential) to form 1x two bedroom flat and elevational…

    RefusedFull App (Any Operational Development)18/01925/FULL1
  4. 2017
    30 Nov

    Retrospective juliet balcony to the rear of the top floor flat.

    ApprovedFull App (Any Operational Development)17/05532/FULL1
  5. 2017
    27 Oct

    Proposed change of use from A2 (professional services) to C3 (residential) to create 1 x two bedroom flat and…

    RefusedFull App (Any Operational Development)17/04969/FULL1
  6. 2017
    27 Oct

    Proposed change of use from A2 (professional services) to C3 (residential) to create 2 x studio flats and…

    RefusedFull App (Any Operational Development)17/04966/FULL1

Source: Bromley

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