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149 Lower Road Orpington BR5 4AJ

23/03148/PLUDCertificate of Lawfulness proposedRefused
Outline / PiP

Refused on 11 October 2023

Council decision: Proposed Use/Development is Not LawfulDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Single storey rear extension with addition of rooflight. LAWFUL DEVELOPMENT CERTIFICATE (PROPOSED)

Received
16 August 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
St Mary Cray
Agent
Butler Associates Limited
  1. Received16 Aug
  2. Validated16 Aug
  3. Consult.7 Sep
  4. Target11 Oct
  5. Decided11 Oct

Decided in 56 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application for a single storey rear extension at 149 Lower Road Orpington BR5 4AJ. Bromley has handled 2,558 applications of this type. This one was decided in 56 days. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 78 applications across St Mary Cray. We hold 3,015 applications in total for the BR5 postcode area.

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

Postcode
BR5 4AJ
Application type
Certificate of Lawfulness proposed
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
16 August 2023
Consultation expiry
7 September 2023
Neighbour consultation start
17 August 2023
Neighbour consultation end
7 September 2023
Last date for comments
7 September 2023
Target decision date
11 October 2023
Permission expires
11 October 2028

Applicant and agent

Agent
Butler Associates Limited
Architect profile
BUTLER ASSOCIATES LIMITED
Agent address
24 Chipstead Station Parade Chipstead CR5 3TE Surrey

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-12389048
Documents
7
Constraints
6

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

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

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