Downe Court Farm, Luxted Road, Downe, Orpington, BR6 7JX

24/03775/FLXAGPrior approval Part 3 Class Q: Agricultural buildings to dwellinghousesApproved

Outline / PiP

Approved on 2 December 2024

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

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

Proposal

Change of use of Agricultural Building to Class C3 dwellinghouses to form 1 dwellinghouse (56 day application for prior approval under Class Q of Part 3 of schedule 2 of the GPDO 2015 as amended).

Received: 9 October 2024
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: London Borough of Bromley
Ward: Darwin
Agent: The Rural Planning Co

ReceivedReceived9 Oct
ValidatedValidated9 Oct
Consult.Consultation13 Nov
TargetTarget Date13 Nov
DecidedDecided2 Dec

Decided in 54 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application for a change of use at Downe Court Farm, Luxted Road, Downe, Orpington, BR6 7JX. Bromley has handled 2,558 applications of this type. This one was decided in 54 days. The site is in 1 listed building nearby. There have been 3 other applications 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 7JX
Application type: Prior approval Part 3 Class Q: Agricultural buildings to dwellinghouses
Scale / size: Small

Planning application dates

Date validated: 9 October 2024
Consultation expiry: 13 November 2024
Consultation start: 10 October 2024
Consultation end: 13 November 2024
Neighbour consultation start: 10 October 2024
Neighbour consultation end: 31 October 2024
Last date for comments: 13 November 2024
Target decision date: 13 November 2024

Applicant and agent

Agent: The Rural Planning Co
Agent address: The Farm Office Millridge Farm Parsons Lane Hartlebury DY11 7YQ

Planning decision

Statutory period: 35 days

Publicity

Last advertised: 23 October 2024
Advertisement expiry: 13 November 2024
Site notice start: 12 October 2024
Site notice end: 2 November 2024

Additional information

Planning Portal ID: PP-13465788
Documents: 15
Constraints: 6

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.

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Planning history at this site

6 other applications at this property, newest first.

Source: Bromley

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