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1 Willow Close, Orpington, BR5 2AZ

25/01390/FULL1Full planning permissionRefused
Full

Refused on 22 July 2025

Delegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Demolition of detached garage. Subdivision of plot and erection of detached dwellinghouse with associated access, car parking, cycle and refuse storage, and landscaping.

Received
14 April 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
St Mary Cray
Agent
GA Architects
  1. Received14 Apr
  2. Validated12 May
  3. Consult.4 Jun
  4. Target7 Jul
  5. Decided22 Jul

Decided in 71 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for demolition at 1 Willow Close, Orpington, BR5 2AZ. Bromley has handled 8,588 applications of this type. This one was decided in 99 days, 6 weeks longer than Bromley's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 77 applications across St Mary Cray. We hold 3,015 applications in total for the BR5 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
BR5 2AZ
Application type
Full planning permission
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
12 May 2025
Consultation expiry
25 June 2025
Consultation start
14 May 2025
Consultation end
4 June 2025
Neighbour consultation start
14 May 2025
Neighbour consultation end
4 June 2025
Last date for comments
25 June 2025
Target decision date
7 July 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent
GA Architects
Architect profile
G.A. ARCHITECTS LTD
Agent address
17 Novar Close Orpington ENG BR60XA United Kingdom

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
4 June 2025
Advertisement expiry
25 June 2025
Site notice start
16 May 2025
Site notice end
9 June 2025

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-13916680
Documents
33
Constraints
6

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • 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

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

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