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15 Gilroy Way, Orpington, BR5 4JD

25/03921/FPAFull planning permissionRefused
Full

Refused on 18 December 2025

Delegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Single storey rear extension. Elevational alterations. Change of use from a 6 person House of Multiple Occupation (HMO) (Use Class C4) to an 8 person House of Multiple Occupation (Sui Generis Use). (revision to previously approved 20/02330/FULL3)

Received
13 August 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
St Mary Cray
  1. Received13 Aug
  2. Validated18 Sep
  3. Consult.10 Oct
  4. Target10 Oct
  5. Decided18 Dec

Decided in 91 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a single storey rear extension at 15 Gilroy Way, Orpington, BR5 4JD. Bromley has handled 8,588 applications of this type. This one was decided in 127 days, 10 weeks longer than Bromley's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 78 applications across St Mary 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 4JD
Application type
Full planning permission
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
18 September 2025
Consultation expiry
10 October 2025
Consultation end
10 October 2025
Target decision date
10 October 2025

Planning decision

Statutory period
22 days

Additional information

Documents
13

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.

Associated applications

  1. 2025
    13 Aug

    Single storey rear extension. Elevational alterations. Change of use from a 6 person House of Multiple…

    This applicationRefusedFull25/03921/FPA
  2. 2020
    25 Jun

    Single storey rear extension and change of use from a 6 person House of Multiple Occupation (HMO) (Use Class…

    ApprovedFull planning permissionPart of20/02330/FULL3

Planning history at this site

7 other applications at this property, newest first.

  1. 2026
    27 Oct

    Use of property as a 6-bedroom 6 person HMO (Use Class C4) LAWFUL DEVELOPMENT CERTIFICATE (EXISTING)

    PendingLawful development: Existing use26/04197/LDC
  2. 2022
    4 Mar

    Half-hip to gable loft conversion with rear dormer and front rooflights; change of use from 6-person House of…

    ApprovedFull App (Hybrid Op Dev + Change of Use)22/00957/FULL3
  3. 2020
    14 Apr

    Single storey rear extension and change of use from a 6 person House of Multiple Occupation (HMO) (Use Class…

    ApprovedFull App (Any Operational Development)20/01332/FULL1
  4. 2019
    12 Dec

    Single storey rear extension.

    ApprovedHouseholder19/05219/FULL6
  5. 2019
    26 Sep

    Single storey rear extension

    ApprovedHouseholder19/04138/FULL6
  6. 2019
    25 Sep

    single storey rear extension, extending beyond the rear wall of the house as existing by 5m (beyond the…

    ApprovedHouseholder19/03929/HHPA

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