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Land Outside St Pauls Church, Crofton Road, Orpington

23/00873/TELCOMPrior approval Part 16 Class A: Electronic communications code operatorsRefused
Outline / PiP

Refused on 24 April 2023

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

Proposal

Installation of a 19m high 5G street pole with additional ancillary equipment cabinets and associated ancillary works .(56 DAY CONSULTATION BY CK Hutcison Networks (UK) Ltd REGARDING THE NEED FOR APPROVAL OF SITING AND APPEARANCE OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS APPARATUS)

Received
6 March 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Farnborough & Crofton
Agent
Dot Surveying Ltd
  1. Received6 Mar
  2. Validated6 Mar
  3. Consult.31 Mar
  4. Target31 Mar
  5. Decided24 Apr

Decided in 49 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application at Land Outside St Pauls Church, Crofton Road, Orpington. Bromley has handled 2,558 applications of this type. This one was decided in 49 days, 7 days quicker than Bromley's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 196 applications across Farnborough & Crofton.

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

Application type
Prior approval Part 16 Class A: Electronic communications code operators
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
6 March 2023
Consultation expiry
31 March 2023
Consultation start
10 March 2023
Consultation end
31 March 2023
Neighbour consultation start
10 March 2023
Neighbour consultation end
31 March 2023
Last date for comments
31 March 2023
Target decision date
31 March 2023

Applicant and agent

Agent
Dot Surveying Ltd
Agent address
14 Inverleith Place Edinburgh EH3 5PZ

Planning decision

Statutory period
25 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-11984206
Documents
58
Constraints
4

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

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