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65 Bassetts Way, Orpington, BR6 7AG

25/04652/FPAFull planning permissionApproved
Full

Approved on 12 March 2026

Council decision: GRANTEDPlanning committee7 conditions

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

Proposal

Change of use from dwellinghouse (Class C3a) to a children's home for up to three children, with a manager and up to two carers staying overnight working on a rota basis (Class C2) with associated car parking and cycle and refuse stores.

Received
6 October 2025
Decision level
Planning committee
Ward
Farnborough & Crofton
  1. Received6 Oct
  2. Validated6 Oct
  3. Consult.11 Nov
  4. Target11 Nov
  5. Decided12 Mar

Decided in 157 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at 65 BASSETTS WAY, ORPINGTON, BR6 7AG. Bromley has handled 8,588 applications of this type. This one was decided in 157 days, 14 weeks longer than Bromley's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 197 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 7AG
Application type
Full planning permission
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
6 October 2025
Consultation expiry
11 November 2025
Consultation end
11 November 2025
Target decision date
11 November 2025
Committee meeting
19 February 2026

Planning decision

Statutory period
36 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14368974
Documents
11

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. 2026
    26 Mar

    Details submitted to comply with the requirements of the following conditions relating to planning permission…

    ApprovedDischarge of conditions25/04652/CON
  2. 2025
    6 Oct

    Change of use from dwellinghouse (Class C3a) to a children's home for up to three children, with a manager…

    This applicationApprovedFull25/04652/FPA

Source: Bromley

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

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