97 High Street Orpington BR6 0LF
Proposal
Change of use of first floor from Class E (Commercial, Business and Service) to Class C3 (Dwellinghouses) to form 2 two bedroom 3 person residential units, 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
- 26 April 2023
- Decided
- 15 June 2023 · Grant Prior Approval
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- London Borough of Bromley
- Ward
- Orpington
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- ReceivedSubmitted26 Apr
- ValidatedValidated26 Apr
- Consult.Consultation24 May
- TargetTarget Date21 Jun
- DecidedDecided15 Jun
Decided in 50 days
This is a planning application for a change of use at 97 High Street Orpington BR6 0LF. Bromley has handled 18,379 applications of this type and approves 79% of them, typically deciding them in 57 days. This one was decided in 50 days, 7 days quicker than Bromley's median. The site is in the The Priory, Orpington conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There have been 5 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 102 applications across Orpington. We hold 4,069 applications in total for the BR6 postcode area.
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Planning history at this site
6 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 202618 Sep
Installation of illuminated shopfront facia signage and numbering
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Installation of external Air-Conditioning Plant, front canopy and elevational alterations,
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Retention of jumbrellas and windbreaks on forecourt
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Planning constraints
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- Conservation area: The Priory, Orpington
- Brownfield land register: Barn Hawe Church Hill Orpington BR6 0HERegister site at or near this address · +1 more
- Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
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