37 College Road Bromley BR1 3PU

21/03272/RESPAOffice to Resi Prior Approval (GPDO)Approved

Outline / PiP

Approved on 8 October 2021

Council decision: Grant Prior ApprovalDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)

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Proposal

Change of use from use class B1(a) (offices) to use class C3 (dwellinghouses) to provide 10 x 1-bedroom and 1 x 2-bedroom flats (56 day application for prior approval in respect of transport and highways, contamination, flooding and noise impacts under Class O of the General Permitted Development Order).

Received: 23 July 2021
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: London Borough of Bromley
Ward: Plaistow And Sundridge
Agent: Robinson Escott Planning LLP

ReceivedReceived23 Jul
ValidatedValidated23 Jul
Consult.Consultation5 Oct
TargetTarget Date17 Sep
DecidedDecided8 Oct

Decided in 77 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application for a change of use at 37 College Road Bromley BR1 3PU. Bromley has handled 2,558 applications of this type. This one was decided in 77 days, 3 weeks longer than Bromley's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application at this address. We hold 2,801 applications in total for the BR1 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: BR1 3PU
Application type: Office to Resi Prior Approval (GPDO)
Scale / size: Small

Planning application dates

Date validated: 23 July 2021
Consultation expiry: 5 October 2021
Consultation start: 14 September 2021
Consultation end: 5 October 2021
Neighbour consultation start: 5 August 2021
Neighbour consultation end: 26 August 2021
Last date for comments: 5 October 2021
Target decision date: 17 September 2021

Applicant and agent

Agent: Robinson Escott Planning LLP
Agent address: 303 Downe House High Street Orpington BR6 0NN

Planning decision

Statutory period: 56 days

Publicity

Last advertised: 11 August 2021
Advertisement expiry: 1 September 2021

Additional information

Planning Portal ID: PP-10062119
Documents: 26
Constraints: 6

Site constraints

Checking the site

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

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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Source: Bromley

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