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5 Grays Farm Cottages, Sevenoaks Way, Orpington, BR5 3JF

25/03895/HPAHouseholder planning permissionRefused
Householder

Refused

Delegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Proposed pedestrian metal gate and electric sliding metal gate across the combined front curtilages, and erection of composite fence panels (to both sides) installed atop the existing boundary wall (Joint application for 5 and 6 Grays Farm Cottages)

Received
13 August 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
St Paul's Cray
  1. Received13 Aug
  2. Validated18 Sep
  3. Consult.10 Feb
  4. Target10 Feb
  5. Decided

About this application

This is a full planning application at 5 GRAYS FARM COTTAGES, SEVENOAKS WAY, ORPINGTON, BR5 3JF. Bromley has handled 8,588 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 13 August 2025 and is still awaiting a decision. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 83 applications across St Paul's Cray. We hold 3,017 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 3JF
Application type
Householder planning permission
Scale / size
Medium

Planning application dates

Date validated
18 September 2025
Consultation expiry
10 February 2026
Consultation end
10 February 2026

Planning decision

Decision
REFUSED
Statutory period
145 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14250601
Documents
9

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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.

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

Contains public sector information from the Planning London Datahub, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

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