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Palm Tree House, 251 High Street, Orpington, BR6 0NT

20/04197/RESPAMiscellaneous Converted DataRefused
Prior approval

Refused on 5 January 2021

Council decision: PRIOR APPROVAL IS REQUIRED AND REFUSEDDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Change of use of second floor (including mezzanine) and third floor from Class B1(a) office to Class C3 residential to form 34 flats (24 studios and 10 one bedroom) (56 day application for prior approval in respect of transport and highways, contamination, flooding, impacts of noise from commercial premises and provision of adequate natural light to habitable rooms under Class O, Part 3 of the General Permitted Development Order)

Received
16 November 2020
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Orpington
Agent
D. Rose Planning LLP
  1. Received16 Nov
  2. Validated16 Nov
  3. Consult.9 Dec
  4. Target9 Dec
  5. Decided5 Jan

Decided in 50 days

About this application

This is a planning application for a change of use at Palm Tree House, 251 High Street, Orpington, BR6 0NT. Bromley has handled 18,666 applications of this type. This one was decided in 50 days, 6 days quicker than Bromley's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application 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.

Application details

Postcode
BR6 0NT
Application type
Miscellaneous Converted Data
Scale / size
Medium
Number of dwellings
34

Planning application dates

Date validated
16 November 2020
Consultation expiry
9 December 2020
Consultation start
18 November 2020
Consultation end
9 December 2020
Neighbour consultation start
18 November 2020
Neighbour consultation end
9 December 2020
Last date for comments
9 December 2020
Target decision date
9 December 2020

Applicant and agent

Agent
D. Rose Planning LLP
Agent address
19-20 Bourne Court Southend Road Woodford Green IG8 8HD

Planning decision

Statutory period
23 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-09237538
Documents
17
Constraints
5

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • 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.

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

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© 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.

Planning history at this site

5 other applications at this property, newest first.

  1. 2024
    24 Dec

    Erection of boundary wall with iron fence and gates to rear car park, together with modification to refuse…

    ApprovedFull App (Any Operational Development)24/04789/FULL1
  2. 2021
    17 Jun

    Details submitted to discharge condition in relation to planning ref: 21/00108/RESPA

    Decision for Planning ConditionsDischarge of conditions21/00108/CONDT1
  3. 2021
    4 Jun

    Details submitted to discharge condition in relation to planning ref: 21/00108/RESPA

    Decision for Planning ConditionsDischarge of conditions21/00108/CONDIT
  4. 2021
    25 Jan

    Change of use of second floor (including mezzanine) and third floor from Class B1(a) office to Class C3…

    ApprovedMiscellaneous Converted Data21/00108/RESPA
  5. 2019
    21 Mar

    Alterations to existing buildings at 1st floor level including installation of render to facades and changes…

    ApprovedFull App (Any Operational Development)19/01337/FULL1

Source: Bromley

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