Thinkpad House, 155A Main Road, Biggin Hill, TN16 3JP

23/04872/CUETC3Prior approval Part 3 Class MA: Commercial, business and service uses to dwellinghousesApproved

Outline / PiP

Approved on 13 February 2024

Council decision: PRIOR APPROVAL IS REQUIRED AND GRANTEDDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)

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Proposal

Change of use from Class E (Commercial, Business and Service) to Class C3 (Dwellinghouses) to form 2x residential units under Class MA, Part 3, Schedule 2 of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) Order 2015 (as amended) (56 day application for prior approval in respect of transport and highways impacts, contamination risks, flood risk, noise impacts, character or sustainability of a conservation area, provision of natural light to habitable rooms, impact on an area of general or heavy industry, impact of loss of services provided by a registered nursery or a health centre, fire safety impacts).

Received: 20 December 2023
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: London Borough of Bromley
Ward: Biggin Hill
Agent: Allen Planning Ltd

ReceivedReceived20 Dec
ValidatedValidated20 Dec
Consult.Consultation18 Jan
TargetTarget Date14 Feb
DecidedDecided13 Feb

Decided in 55 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application for a change of use at Thinkpad House, 155A Main Road, Biggin Hill, TN16 3JP. Bromley has handled 2,558 applications of this type. This one was decided in 55 days. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 39 applications across Biggin Hill. We hold 2,971 applications in total for the TN16 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: TN16 3JP
Application type: Prior approval Part 3 Class MA: Commercial, business and service uses to dwellinghouses
Scale / size: Small

Planning application dates

Date validated: 20 December 2023
Consultation expiry: 18 January 2024
Consultation start: 28 December 2023
Consultation end: 18 January 2024
Neighbour consultation start: 28 December 2023
Neighbour consultation end: 18 January 2024
Last date for comments: 18 January 2024
Target decision date: 14 February 2024
Permission expires: 13 February 2029

Applicant and agent

Agent: Allen Planning Ltd
Agent address: The Old Fire Station EC Salt Lane Salisbury SP1 1DU

Planning decision

Statutory period: 56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID: PP-12692105
Documents: 11
Constraints: 4

Site constraints

Checking the site

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Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

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.

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Planning history at this site

6 other applications at this property, newest first.

Source: Bromley

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