Courtways, Holwood Park Avenue, Orpington, BR6 8NG

23/03397/FULL1Full planning permissionRefused

Full

Refused on 18 January 2024

Delegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

The demolition of the existing dwelling and the erection of a two-storey, family dwelling with accommodation in the roof space and creation of a basement

Received: 7 September 2023
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: London Borough of Bromley
Ward: Bromley Common & Holwood
Agent: Aqua architects / F Khan

ReceivedReceived7 Sep
ValidatedValidated27 Sep
Consult.Consultation18 Oct
TargetTarget Date22 Nov
DecidedDecided18 Jan

Decided in 113 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for demolition at Courtways, Holwood Park Avenue, Orpington, BR6 8NG. Bromley has handled 8,588 applications of this type. This one was decided in 133 days, 11 weeks longer than Bromley's typical decision time. The site is in the Keston Park, Farnborough conservation area. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 151 applications across Bromley Common & Holwood. We hold 4,114 applications in total for the BR6 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: BR6 8NG
Application type: Full planning permission
Scale / size: Small

Planning application dates

Date validated: 27 September 2023
Consultation expiry: 1 November 2023
Consultation start: 27 September 2023
Consultation end: 18 October 2023
Neighbour consultation start: 27 September 2023
Neighbour consultation end: 18 October 2023
Last date for comments: 1 November 2023
Target decision date: 22 November 2023
Decision published: 19 January 2024

Applicant and agent

Agent: Aqua architects / F Khan
Agent address: 163A Studland Road Hanwell Ealing W7 3QY

Planning decision

Statutory period: 56 days

Publicity

Last advertised: 11 October 2023
Advertisement expiry: 1 November 2023

Additional information

Planning Portal ID: PP-12328631
Documents: 23
Constraints: 7

Site constraints

Checking the site

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

Conservation area: Keston Park, Farnborough
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.

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Planning history at this site

5 other applications at this property, newest first.

Source: Bromley

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