409A Crofton Road, Orpington, BR6 8NL
Refused on 26 April 2024
Council decision: EXISTING USE/DEVELOPMENT IS NOT LAWFULDelegated (officer decision)
Proposal
Confirmation that Flats 1,2 and 3 located on the upper floors of 409 Crofton Road (now 409a) comprise lawful dwellinghouses by virtue of 'The four year rule'. Lawful Development Certificate (EXISTING)
- Received
- 5 January 2024
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- London Borough of Bromley
- Ward
- Farnborough & Crofton
- Agent
- Robinson Escott Planning
- ReceivedReceived5 Jan
- ValidatedValidated5 Jan
- Consult.Consultation26 Jan
- TargetTarget Date26 Jan
- DecidedDecided26 Apr
Decided in 112 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is an application to amend a permission at 409A Crofton Road, Orpington, BR6 8NL. Bromley has handled 942 applications of this type. This one was decided in 112 days, 8 weeks longer than Bromley's typical decision time. The site is in 1 listed building nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 196 applications across Farnborough & Crofton. We hold 4,117 applications in total for the BR6 postcode area.
73% of amendment 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 8NL
- Application type
- Lawful development: Existing use
- Scale / size
- Small
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 5 January 2024
- Consultation expiry
- 26 January 2024
- Consultation end
- 26 January 2024
- Neighbour consultation start
- 5 January 2024
- Neighbour consultation end
- 26 January 2024
- Last date for comments
- 26 January 2024
- Target decision date
- 26 January 2024
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Robinson Escott Planning
- Agent address
- Downe House 303 High Street Orpington BR6 0NN
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 21 days
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-12708243
- Documents
- 6
- Constraints
- 1
Site constraints
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
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© 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
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