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Romney House, Luxted Road, Downe, Orpington, BR6 7JX

23/04101/FULL1Full planning permissionRefused
Full

Refused on 30 January 2024

Delegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Demolition of existing garage/office/workshop and cattery buildings. Erection of one dwelling with associated parking and works.

Received
27 October 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Darwin
Agent
Robinson Escott Planning
  1. Received27 Oct
  2. Validated5 Dec
  3. Consult.3 Jan
  4. Target30 Jan
  5. Decided30 Jan

Decided in 56 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for demolition at Romney House, Luxted Road, Downe, Orpington, BR6 7JX. Bromley has handled 8,588 applications of this type. This one was decided in 95 days, 6 weeks longer than Bromley's typical decision time. The site is in 1 listed building nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 86 applications across Darwin. We hold 4,117 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 7JX
Application type
Full planning permission
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
5 December 2023
Consultation expiry
10 January 2024
Consultation start
13 December 2023
Consultation end
3 January 2024
Neighbour consultation start
13 December 2023
Neighbour consultation end
3 January 2024
Last date for comments
10 January 2024
Target decision date
30 January 2024

Applicant and agent

Agent
Robinson Escott Planning
Agent address
Downe House 303 High Street Orpington BR6 0NN

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
20 December 2023
Advertisement expiry
10 January 2024
Site notice start
14 December 2023
Site notice end
4 January 2024

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-12537700
Documents
34
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.

  • Green belt: Bromley
  • 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, conservation areas, listed buildings, 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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