Skip to content

4 The Drive, Orpington, BR6 9AP

25/04331/NOTPrior approval Part 1 Class A.1(ea): Larger home extensionRefused
Outline / PiP

Refused on 24 October 2025

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

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

Proposal

Single storey rear extension, extending beyond the rear wall of the original house by 6m, for which the maximum height would be 4m, and for which the height of the eaves would be 2.8m (42 Day Notification for Householder Permitted Development Prior Approval)

Received
14 September 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Petts Wood & Knoll
  1. Received14 Sep
  2. Validated14 Sep
  3. Consult.
  4. Target26 Oct
  5. Decided24 Oct

Decided in 40 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application for a single storey rear extension at 4 THE DRIVE, ORPINGTON, BR6 9AP. Bromley has handled 2,558 applications of this type. This one was decided in 40 days, 2 weeks quicker than Bromley's typical decision time. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 211 applications across Petts Wood & Knoll. We hold 4,120 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).

Based on decided applications received in the last 3 years.Planning something similar? See what gets approved on your street

Application details

Postcode
BR6 9AP
Application type
Prior approval Part 1 Class A.1(ea): Larger home extension
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
14 September 2025
Target decision date
26 October 2025

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14330116
Documents
5

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
    14 Sep

    Single storey rear extension, extending beyond the rear wall of the original house by 6m, for which the…

    This applicationRefusedOutline25/04331/NOT
  2. 2025
    9 Sep

    Garage conversion into habitable space with elevational alterations. LAWFUL DEVELOPMENT CERTIFICATE (PROPOSED)

    ApprovedLawful development: Proposed useFiled alongside25/04265/LDC

Source: Bromley

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

Track this application

Get email alerts when there is a planning decision or status change.

Get email alerts near BR6

New planning applications delivered to your inbox daily.

Around this site

Discuss this application on r/PlanningPermissionUK

For applicants and trades

Planning something similar?

See what the council approved and refused for single-storey rear extensions on your street. Pick your home and get the evidence before you pay for drawings.

See what gets approved on your streetBuying this property? Report on this address