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Greenacres, Luxted Road, Downe, Orpington, BR6 7JX

21/00712/ASDWELPrior approval Part 1 Class AA : Enlargement of a dwellinghouse by construction of additional storeysApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 21 May 2021

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

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Construction of upward extension to provide one additional storey above the existing dwellinghouse - maximum height of the proposed additional storey measures 3m. (Application under Schedule 2, Part 1, Class AA (enlargement of a dwellinghouse by construction of additional storeys) of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (as amended) to determine if prior approval is required for the proposed development with regards to the impact on adjoining premises, the external appearance of the dwellinghouse, air traffic and defence assets and impact on protected views.)

Received
23 February 2021
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Darwin
Agent
Darren Oldfield Architects
  1. Received23 Feb
  2. Validated25 Feb
  3. Consult.7 Apr
  4. Target7 Apr
  5. Decided21 May

Decided in 85 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application for a new dwelling at Greenacres, Luxted Road, Downe, Orpington, BR6 7JX. Bromley has handled 2,558 applications of this type. This one was decided in 87 days, 4 weeks longer than Bromley's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 86 applications across Darwin. We hold 4,117 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 7JX
Application type
Prior approval Part 1 Class AA : Enlargement of a dwellinghouse by construction of additional storeys
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
25 February 2021
Consultation expiry
7 April 2021
Consultation start
8 March 2021
Consultation end
7 April 2021
Neighbour consultation start
17 March 2021
Neighbour consultation end
7 April 2021
Last date for comments
7 April 2021
Target decision date
7 April 2021
Permission expires
21 May 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
Darren Oldfield Architects
Architect profile
DARREN OLDFIELD ARCHITECTS LIMITED
Agent address
D111 Parkhall Business Centre 40 Martell Road London SE21 8EN

Planning decision

Statutory period
41 days

Additional information

Documents
15
Constraints
8

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Green belt: Bromley
  • SSSI: Downe Bank and High Elms SSSIPart of the site
  • Ancient woodland: Hang GroveNext to the site
  • 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 (19)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, 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, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, 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

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© 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.

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Source: Bromley

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