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Homefield, West Hill, Downe, Orpington, BR6 7JJ

24/01706/HHPAPrior approval Part 1 Class A.1(ea): Larger home extensionApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 6 June 2024

Council decision: PRIOR APPROVAL IS NOT REQUIREDDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Single storey rear extension, extending beyond the rear wall of the original house by 5.3m, for which the maximum height would be 3.86m, and for which the height of the eaves would be 2.38m (42 Day Notification for Householder Permitted Development Prior Approval)

Received
1 May 2024
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Darwin
  1. Received1 May
  2. Validated1 May
  3. Consult.24 May
  4. Target24 May
  5. Decided6 Jun

Decided in 36 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application for a single storey rear extension at Homefield, West Hill, Downe, Orpington, BR6 7JJ. Bromley has handled 2,558 applications of this type. This one was decided in 36 days, 3 weeks quicker than Bromley's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded 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 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
BR6 7JJ
Application type
Prior approval Part 1 Class A.1(ea): Larger home extension
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
1 May 2024
Consultation expiry
24 May 2024
Consultation end
24 May 2024
Neighbour consultation start
3 May 2024
Neighbour consultation end
24 May 2024
Last date for comments
24 May 2024
Target decision date
24 May 2024
Permission expires
6 June 2029

Applicant and agent

Agent
Progetto
Agent address
Mayfield Lodge Kingswood Road Shortlands BROMLEY BR2 0HQ

Planning decision

Statutory period
23 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-13030010
Documents
8
Constraints
3

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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