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44 Shepperton Road, Petts Wood, Orpington, BR5 1DN

25/05679/NOTPrior approval Part 1 Class AA : Enlargement of a dwellinghouse by construction of additional storeysRefused
Outline / PiP

Refused on 29 January 2026

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

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

Proposal

Construction of upward extension to provide one additional storey above the existing dwellinghouse (maximum height of 7.141m) (Application under Schedule 2, Part 1, Class AA (enlargement of a dwellinghouse by construction of additional storeys) of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (as amended) to determine if prior approval is required for the proposed development with regards to the impact on adjoining premises, the external appearance of the dwellinghouse, air traffic and defence assets and impact on protected views).

Received
6 December 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Petts Wood & Knoll
  1. Received6 Dec
  2. Validated6 Dec
  3. Consult.7 Jan
  4. Target28 Jan
  5. Decided29 Jan

Decided in 54 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application for a new dwelling at 44 SHEPPERTON ROAD, PETTS WOOD, ORPINGTON, BR5 1DN. Bromley has handled 2,558 applications of this type. This one was decided in 54 days. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 211 applications across Petts Wood & Knoll. We hold 3,017 applications in total for the BR5 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).

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Application details

Postcode
BR5 1DN
Application type
Prior approval Part 1 Class AA : Enlargement of a dwellinghouse by construction of additional storeys
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
6 December 2025
Consultation expiry
7 January 2026
Consultation end
7 January 2026
Target decision date
28 January 2026

Planning decision

Statutory period
53 days

Appeal history

6005025
Dismissed
Type: Householder (HAS)Procedure: Written RepresentationsDecision: 14 July 2026Dev Type: Householder developmentsReason: refused

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14545055
Documents
12

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 3: High 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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