Lubbock House, 1 Northolme Rise, Orpington, BR6 9RF

21/01010/DETApproval of reserved mattersApproved

Reserved matters

Approved on 15 June 2021

Delegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Details of appearance pursuant to outline permission ref. 20/01280/OUT for Demolition of existing building and construction of a new building to create a part 3 / part 4 storey block of 43 x 1 bedroom flats as specialist housing for the elderly, with associated parking, refuse store and landscaping.

Received: 8 March 2021
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: London Borough of Bromley
Ward: Farnborough & Crofton
Agent: Ubique Architects

ReceivedReceived8 Mar
ValidatedValidated16 Mar
Consult.Consultation14 Apr
TargetTarget Date14 Apr
DecidedDecided15 Jun

Decided in 91 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application for demolition at Lubbock House , 1 Northolme Rise, Orpington, BR6 9RF. Bromley has handled 2,558 applications of this type. This one was decided in 99 days, 6 weeks longer than Bromley's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 192 applications across Farnborough & Crofton. We hold 4,114 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 9RF
Application type: Approval of reserved matters
Scale / size: Large
Number of dwellings: 43

Planning application dates

Date validated: 16 March 2021
Consultation expiry: 14 April 2021
Consultation start: 16 March 2021
Consultation end: 14 April 2021
Neighbour consultation start: 16 March 2021
Neighbour consultation end: 6 April 2021
Last date for comments: 14 April 2021
Target decision date: 14 April 2021

Applicant and agent

Agent: Ubique Architects
Agent address: Ubique Architects 11 Ashford House, Beaufort Court Sir Thomas Longley Road Rochester ME2 4FA United Kingdom

Planning decision

Statutory period: 29 days

Publicity

Last advertised: 24 March 2021
Advertisement expiry: 14 April 2021

Additional information

Planning Portal ID: PP-09534858
Documents: 35
Constraints: 1

Site constraints

Checking the site

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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.

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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.

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5 other applications at this property, newest first.

Source: Bromley

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