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2 Bell Gardens, Orpington, BR5 4DA

22/02768/PLUDLawful development: Proposed useApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 2 September 2022

Council decision: PROPOSED USE/DEVELOPMENT IS LAWFULDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Ground floor rear extension for which Prior approval was not required under 20/02451/HHPALAWFUL DEVELOPMENT CERTIFICATE (PROPOSED)

Received
13 July 2022
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
St Mary Cray
  1. Received13 Jul
  2. Validated14 Jul
  3. Consult.4 Aug
  4. Target4 Aug
  5. Decided2 Sep

Decided in 50 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application for a rear extension at 2 Bell Gardens, Orpington, BR5 4DA. Bromley has handled 2,558 applications of this type. This one was decided in 51 days, 5 days quicker than Bromley's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 78 applications across St Mary Cray. We hold 3,017 applications in total for the BR5 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
BR5 4DA
Application type
Lawful development: Proposed use
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
14 July 2022
Consultation expiry
4 August 2022
Consultation end
4 August 2022
Neighbour consultation start
14 July 2022
Neighbour consultation end
4 August 2022
Last date for comments
4 August 2022
Target decision date
4 August 2022
Permission expires
2 September 2027

Planning decision

Statutory period
21 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-11385169
Documents
10
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.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

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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.

© 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

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