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Nugent Shopping Park, Cray Avenue, Orpington, BR5 3RP

23/04534/FULL1Full planning permissionApproved
Full

Approved on 23 February 2024

Council decision: GRANTEDDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Installation of rooftop solar photovoltaic system and associated ancillary infrastructure.

Received
27 November 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
St Mary Cray
  1. Received27 Nov
  2. Validated27 Nov
  3. Consult.26 Dec
  4. Target22 Jan
  5. Decided23 Feb

Decided in 88 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a solar installation at Nugent Shopping Park, Cray Avenue, Orpington, BR5 3RP. Bromley has handled 8,588 applications of this type. This one was decided in 88 days, 5 weeks longer than Bromley's typical decision time. There have been 4 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 77 applications across St Mary Cray. We hold 3,015 applications in total for the BR5 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
BR5 3RP
Application type
Full planning permission
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
27 November 2023
Consultation expiry
1 January 2024
Consultation start
5 December 2023
Consultation end
26 December 2023
Neighbour consultation start
5 December 2023
Neighbour consultation end
26 December 2023
Last date for comments
1 January 2024
Target decision date
22 January 2024
Permission expires
23 February 2027

Applicant and agent

Agent
Lichfields
Agent address
The Minster Building 21 Mincing Lane EC3R 7AG

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Site notice start
11 December 2023
Site notice end
1 January 2024

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-12527573
Documents
15
Constraints
11

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.

Planning history at this site

20 other applications at this property, newest first.

  1. 2025
    16 Sep

    Variation of Condition 8 parts (i) and (iii) of planning permission ref.18/03395/RECON2

    ApprovedVariation of conditions (s73)18/03395/S73A3
  2. 2025
    12 Sep

    Installation of Class E mezzanine floorspace within Unit 4B from Unit 14 (unofficially known as Unit 12)…

    ApprovedFull planning permission25/04320/FPA
  3. 2024
    23 Dec

    Details submitted to comply with the requirements of the following conditions relating to planning permission…

    Decision for Planning ConditionsDischarge of conditions23/01349/CONDIT
  4. 2023
    6 Apr

    Installation of mezzanine floorspace to Unit 1B and 2 Nugent Shopping Park, and the expansion of the existing…

    ApprovedFull planning permission23/01350/FULL1
  5. 2023
    5 Apr

    Variation of Conditions 8, 9, 10 and 12 of planning permission 18/03395/RECON1

    ApprovedVariation of conditions (s73)18/03395/RECON2
  6. 2023
    5 Apr

    External alterations to Units 1b, 2 and 3, including works to elevations, replacement louvres, refrigerated…

    ApprovedFull planning permission23/01349/FULL1

Source: Bromley

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