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344A Crofton Road, Orpington, BR6 8NN

23/04305/FULL1Full planning permissionRefused
Full

Refused on 12 February 2024

Delegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Proposal to clear the existing rear yard of 344 Crofton Road and construct a new three story extension/building to the rear of No. 344 and 344 A comprising of extended ground floor commercial space, first floor two bedroom flat and second floor one bedroom flat with matching materials, elevational alterations including new shopfront with internal alterations to combine two ground floor commercial units into one unit and, to the rear of the site, a permeable brick paver driveway created to facilitate parking spaces for 1nr space per flat, bike storage containers suitable for 1nr bike per flat and new fencing

Received
9 November 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Farnborough & Crofton
  1. Received9 Nov
  2. Validated18 Dec
  3. Consult.10 Jan
  4. Target12 Feb
  5. Decided12 Feb

Decided in 56 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for an extension at 344A Crofton Road, Orpington, BR6 8NN. 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. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 192 applications across Farnborough & Crofton. 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 8NN
Application type
Full planning permission
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
18 December 2023
Consultation expiry
10 January 2024
Consultation start
20 December 2023
Consultation end
10 January 2024
Neighbour consultation start
20 December 2023
Neighbour consultation end
10 January 2024
Last date for comments
10 January 2024
Target decision date
12 February 2024

Applicant and agent

Agent
JSM
Agent address
52 Beechway Bexley Kent DA5 3DG

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-12579238
Documents
10
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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