22 Birch Mead, Orpington, BR6 8LT
Approved on 5 November 2024
Council decision: PROPOSED USE/DEVELOPMENT IS LAWFULDelegated (officer decision)
Proposal
Proposed swimming pool and single storey outbuilding to rear garden. LAWFUL DEVELOPMENT CERTIFCATE (PROPOSED)
- Received
- 18 September 2024
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- London Borough of Bromley
- Ward
- Farnborough & Crofton
- Agent
- AV Architects Ltd
- ReceivedReceived18 Sep
- ValidatedValidated18 Sep
- Consult.Consultation9 Oct
- TargetTarget Date9 Oct
- DecidedDecided5 Nov
Decided in 48 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is an outline application for an outbuilding at 22 Birch Mead, Orpington, BR6 8LT. Bromley has handled 2,558 applications of this type. This one was decided in 48 days, 8 days quicker than Bromley's typical decision time. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 197 applications across Farnborough & Crofton. 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 8LT
- Application type
- Lawful development: Proposed use
- Scale / size
- Small
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 18 September 2024
- Consultation expiry
- 9 October 2024
- Consultation end
- 9 October 2024
- Neighbour consultation start
- 18 September 2024
- Neighbour consultation end
- 9 October 2024
- Last date for comments
- 9 October 2024
- Target decision date
- 9 October 2024
- Permission expires
- 5 November 2029
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- AV Architects Ltd
- Architect profile
- AV ARCHITECTS LIMITED
- Agent address
- 51 St Marys Road Tonbridge TN9 2LE
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 21 days
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-13415182
- Documents
- 10
- Constraints
- 8
Site constraints
Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.
- Flood zone 2: Medium 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
3 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 202431 Oct
T2 Oak tree on front left boundary - Lift the canopy to approximately 3 to 3.5m and remove epicormic growth…
ApprovedConsent under Tree Preservation Orders24/04004/TPO - 202319 Sep
Single storey rear extension (Lawful Development Certificate Proposed)
WithdrawnCertificate of Lawfulness proposed23/03555/PLUD - 202212 Dec
Proposed front, side and rear extension, new roof structure including front and rear dormers and re-modelling…
ApprovedHouseholder22/04856/FULL6
Source: Bromley
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