5 Woodhead Drive, Orpington, BR6 9RD
Approved on 22 September 2025
Council decision: GRANTEDDelegated (officer decision)
Proposal
Part one/two storey rear extension and elevational alterations.
- Received
- 17 July 2025
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- London Borough of Bromley
- Ward
- Farnborough & Crofton
- ReceivedReceived17 Jul
- ValidatedValidated28 Jul
- Consult.Consultation
- TargetTarget Date22 Sep
- DecidedDecided22 Sep
Decided in 56 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a full planning application for a two storey rear extension at 5 WOODHEAD DRIVE, ORPINGTON, BR6 9RD. Bromley has handled 8,588 applications of this type. This one was decided in 67 days, 11 days longer than Bromley's typical decision time. The site is in 1 listed building nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 196 applications across Farnborough & Crofton. We hold 4,117 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 9RD
- Application type
- Householder planning permission
- Scale / size
- Small
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 28 July 2025
- Target decision date
- 22 September 2025
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-14182952
- Documents
- 11
Site constraints
Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.
- 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.
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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.
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© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.
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Planning history at this site
2 other applications at this property, newest first.
Source: Bromley
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