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23 Wellington Road Orpington BR5 4AG

23/01494/FULL1Full App (Any Operational Development)Refused
Full

Refused on 15 August 2023

Council decision: Application RefusedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Demolition of 2 x original sheds for storage/workshop units, and erection of a single storey detached unit for storage related to the existing shop (RETROSPECTIVE).

Received
12 April 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
St Mary Cray
  1. Received12 Apr
  2. Validated25 Apr
  3. Consult.17 May
  4. Target20 Jun
  5. Decided15 Aug

Decided in 112 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for demolition at 23 Wellington Road Orpington BR5 4AG. Bromley has handled 8,588 applications of this type. This one was decided in 125 days, 10 weeks longer than Bromley's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded 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 full 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 4AG
Application type
Full App (Any Operational Development)
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
25 April 2023
Consultation expiry
17 May 2023
Consultation start
26 April 2023
Consultation end
17 May 2023
Neighbour consultation start
26 April 2023
Neighbour consultation end
17 May 2023
Last date for comments
17 May 2023
Target decision date
20 June 2023

Applicant and agent

Agent address
11 Hawfield Bank Orpington BR6 7TA

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Documents
18
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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