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19 Trentham Drive Orpington BR5 2EP

23/03505/HHPAHouseholder Prior Approval(GPDO)Approved
Householder

Approved on 17 October 2023

Council decision: Prior Approval Not Required

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

Proposal

Single storey rear extension, extending beyond the rear wall of the original house by 5m, for which the maximum height would be 2.9m, and for which the height of the eaves would be 2.72m (42 Day Notification for Householder Permitted Development Prior Approval)

Received
12 September 2023
Ward
St Mary Cray
Agent
Polar Design
  1. Received12 Sep
  2. Validated12 Sep
  3. Consult.6 Oct
  4. Target24 Oct
  5. Decided17 Oct

Decided in 35 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application for a single storey rear extension at 19 Trentham Drive Orpington BR5 2EP. Bromley has handled 2,558 applications of this type. This one was decided in 35 days, 3 weeks quicker 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 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 2EP
Application type
Householder Prior Approval(GPDO)
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
12 September 2023
Consultation expiry
6 October 2023
Neighbour consultation start
15 September 2023
Neighbour consultation end
6 October 2023
Last date for comments
6 October 2023
Target decision date
24 October 2023
Permission expires
17 October 2028

Applicant and agent

Agent
Polar Design
Agent address
42 Prince John Road London SE9 6QA

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-12453504
Documents
6
Constraints
5

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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