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26C Chislehurst Road Orpington BR6 0DG

23/02883/CUETC3Class E to Use Class C3 - DwellinghouseRefused
Prior approval

Refused on 15 September 2023

Council decision: Refuse Prior ApprovalDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Change of use of first floor and 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
26 July 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
St Mary Cray
Agent
Barron Edwards Ltd
  1. Received26 Jul
  2. Validated26 Jul
  3. Consult.22 Aug
  4. Target20 Sep
  5. Decided15 Sep

Decided in 51 days

About this application

This is a planning application for a change of use at 26C Chislehurst Road Orpington BR6 0DG. Bromley has handled 18,666 applications of this type. This one was decided in 51 days, 5 days quicker than Bromley's typical decision time. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 78 applications across St Mary Cray. We hold 4,117 applications in total for the BR6 postcode area.

Application details

Postcode
BR6 0DG
Application type
Class E to Use Class C3 - Dwellinghouse
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
26 July 2023
Consultation expiry
22 August 2023
Consultation start
1 August 2023
Consultation end
22 August 2023
Neighbour consultation start
1 August 2023
Neighbour consultation end
22 August 2023
Last date for comments
22 August 2023
Target decision date
20 September 2023
Permission expires
15 September 2028

Applicant and agent

Agent
Barron Edwards Ltd
Agent address
Barron Edwards, Whitehall Place 47 The Terrace Gravesend DA12 2DL

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-12340626
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

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

Contains public sector information from the Planning London Datahub, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

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