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Unit 1 Mighty Distribution Centre Cray Avenue Orpington BR5 3RX

20/05028/FULL1Full App (Any Operational Development)Approved
Full

Approved on 21 May 2021

Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Construction of linking floorspace corridor between Units 1 and Unit 2, addition of louvred panels, alterations to the parking and yard area including the addition of an automated barrier with guard hut, waste dock and smoking shelter, and associated development.

Received
11 December 2020
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Cray Valley East
Agent
DWD Property + Planning
  1. Received11 Dec
  2. Validated5 Feb
  3. Consult.4 Mar
  4. Target2 Apr
  5. Decided21 May

Decided in 105 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application at Unit 1 Mighty Distribution Centre Cray Avenue Orpington BR5 3RX. Bromley has handled 8,588 applications of this type. This one was decided in 161 days, 15 weeks longer than Bromley's typical decision time. There have been 3 other applications at this address. We hold 3,017 applications in total for the BR5 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
BR5 3RX
Application type
Full App (Any Operational Development)
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
5 February 2021
Consultation expiry
4 March 2021
Consultation start
11 February 2021
Consultation end
4 March 2021
Neighbour consultation start
11 February 2021
Neighbour consultation end
4 March 2021
Last date for comments
4 March 2021
Target decision date
2 April 2021
Permission expires
21 May 2024

Applicant and agent

Agent
DWD Property + Planning
Agent address
6 New Bridge Street London EC4V 6AB

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-09284644
Documents
65
Constraints
6

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.

Source: Bromley

Contains public sector information from the Planning London Datahub, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

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