Downe Court Farm, Luxted Road, Downe, Orpington, BR6 7JX

25/05826/NOTPrior approval Part 3 Class MA: Commercial, business and service uses to dwellinghousesRefused

Outline / PiP

Refused on 17 February 2026

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

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

Proposal

Notification for prior approval for the proposed change of use of commercial building (Use Class E) to a single dwellinghouse (Use Class C3) under Schedule 2, Part 3, Class MA of The Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (as amended) (56 day application for prior approval in respect of transport and highways impacts, contamination risks, flood risk, noise impacts, character or sustainability of a conservation area, provision of natural light to habitable rooms, impact on an area of general or heavy industry, impact of loss of services provided by a registered nursery or a health centre, fire safety impacts).

Received: 22 December 2025
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: London Borough of Bromley
Ward: Darwin

ReceivedReceived22 Dec
ValidatedValidated23 Dec
Consult.Consultation20 Jan
TargetTarget Date28 Jan
DecidedDecided17 Feb

Decided in 56 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application for a change of use at DOWNE COURT FARM, LUXTED ROAD, DOWNE, ORPINGTON, BR6 7JX. Bromley has handled 2,558 applications of this type. This one was decided in 57 days. The site is in 1 listed building nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 86 applications across Darwin. We hold 4,117 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).

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Application details

Postcode: BR6 7JX
Application type: Prior approval Part 3 Class MA: Commercial, business and service uses to dwellinghouses
Scale / size: Small

Planning application dates

Date validated: 23 December 2025
Consultation expiry: 20 January 2026
Consultation end: 20 January 2026
Target decision date: 28 January 2026

Planning decision

Statutory period: 36 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID: PP-14565448
Documents: 10

Site constraints

Checking the site

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Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

Green belt: Bromley
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, conservation areas, listed buildings, 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.

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.

Planning history at this site

6 other applications at this property, newest first.

Source: Bromley

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

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