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66 High Street St Mary Cray Orpington BR5 3NH

23/01076/CUETC3Class E to Use Class C3 - DwellinghouseApproved
Prior approval

Approved on 10 May 2023

Council decision: Grant Prior ApprovalDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Change of use of part of ground floor from Class E (Commercial, Business and Service) to Class C3 (Dwellinghouses) to form 1 residential unit, under Class MA, Part 3, Schedule 2 of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) Order 2015 (as amended) (56 day application for prior approval in respect of transport and highways impacts, contamination risks, flood risk, noise impacts, character or sustainability of a conservation area, provision of natural light to habitable rooms, impact on an area of general or heavy industry, impact of loss of services provided by a registered nursery or a health centre, fire safety impacts)

Received
17 March 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
St Mary Cray
  1. Received17 Mar
  2. Validated17 Mar
  3. Consult.21 Apr
  4. Target12 May
  5. Decided10 May

Decided in 54 days

About this application

This is a planning application for a change of use at 66 High Street St Mary Cray Orpington BR5 3NH. Bromley has handled 18,649 applications of this type. This one was decided in 54 days. The site is in the St Mary Cray conservation area, with 4 listed buildings nearby. There have been 3 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 77 applications across St Mary Cray. We hold 3,015 applications in total for the BR5 postcode area.

Application details

Postcode
BR5 3NH
Application type
Class E to Use Class C3 - Dwellinghouse
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
17 March 2023
Consultation expiry
3 May 2023
Consultation start
31 March 2023
Consultation end
21 April 2023
Neighbour consultation start
31 March 2023
Neighbour consultation end
21 April 2023
Last date for comments
3 May 2023
Target decision date
12 May 2023
Permission expires
10 May 2028

Applicant and agent

Agent
AA Drafting Solutions
Architect profile
AA DRAFTING SOLUTIONS LTD
Agent address
3-7 Sunnyhill Road London SW16 2UG

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
12 April 2023
Advertisement expiry
3 May 2023
Site notice start
4 April 2023
Site notice end
25 April 2023

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-12022497
Documents
20
Constraints
9

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: St. Mary Cray
  • 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 (21)

flood storage 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.

Associated applications

  1. 2023
    15 Aug

    Details submitted to comply with the requirements of the following conditions relating to planning permission…

    Decision for Planning ConditionsDischarge of conditions23/01076/CONDIT
  2. 2023
    17 Mar

    Change of use of part of ground floor from Class E (Commercial, Business and Service) to Class C3…

    This applicationApprovedApplication23/01076/CUETC3

Source: Bromley

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