Courtways, Holwood Park Avenue, Orpington, BR6 8NG

24/02197/FULL1Full planning permissionApproved

Full

Approved on 31 October 2024

Council decision: GRANTEDDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Demolition of existing dwelling. Erection of two storey detached dwellinghouse (self-build and custom build) with accommodation in the roof space and integral garage and re-siting of swimming pool.

Received: 11 June 2024
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: London Borough of Bromley
Ward: Bromley Common & Holwood
Agent: Robinson Escott Planning

ReceivedReceived11 Jun
ValidatedValidated26 Jul
Consult.Consultation18 Sep
TargetTarget Date18 Sep
DecidedDecided31 Oct

Decided in 97 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for demolition at Courtways, Holwood Park Avenue, Orpington, BR6 8NG. Bromley has handled 8,588 applications of this type. This one was decided in 142 days, 12 weeks longer than Bromley's typical decision time. The site is in the Keston Park, Farnborough conservation area. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 151 applications across Bromley Common & Holwood. 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 8NG
Application type: Full planning permission
Scale / size: Small

Planning application dates

Date validated: 26 July 2024
Consultation expiry: 18 September 2024
Consultation start: 5 August 2024
Consultation end: 18 September 2024
Neighbour consultation start: 5 August 2024
Neighbour consultation end: 26 August 2024
Last date for comments: 18 September 2024
Target decision date: 18 September 2024
Permission expires: 31 October 2027

Applicant and agent

Agent: Robinson Escott Planning
Agent address: Robinson Escott Planning Downe House 303 High Street Orpington BR6 0NN United Kingdom

Planning decision

Statutory period: 54 days

Publicity

Last advertised: 14 August 2024
Advertisement expiry: 4 September 2024
Site notice start: 28 August 2024
Site notice end: 18 September 2024

Additional information

Planning Portal ID: PP-13134335
Documents: 32
Constraints: 6

Site constraints

Checking the site

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Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

Conservation area: Keston Park, Farnborough
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, 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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© 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.

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

5 other applications at this property, newest first.

Source: Bromley

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