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Land north of Elm Walk (north of junction with Fir Dene), Farnborough Park, Locksbottom, Orpington, BR6 8LX

25/04489/FPAFull planning permissionApproved
Full

Approved on 16 January 2026

Council decision: GRANTEDDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Introduction of two parking bays adjacent to road on land north of Elm Walk (north of junction with Fir Dene).

Received
23 September 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Farnborough & Crofton
  1. Received23 Sep
  2. Validated8 Oct
  3. Consult.5 Dec
  4. Target10 Jan
  5. Decided16 Jan

Decided in 100 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application at Land north of Elm Walk (north of junction with Fir Dene), Farnborough Park, Locksbottom, Orpington, BR6 8LX. Bromley has handled 8,588 applications of this type. This one was decided in 115 days, 8 weeks longer than Bromley's typical decision time. The site is in the Farnborough Park conservation area. 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 8LX
Application type
Full planning permission
Scale / size
Medium

Planning application dates

Date validated
8 October 2025
Consultation expiry
5 December 2025
Consultation end
5 December 2025
Target decision date
10 January 2026

Planning decision

Statutory period
94 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14281018
Documents
10

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • Conservation area: Farnborough Park
  • 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 (21)

flood storage 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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