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Phase 4 Unit 2, New Mill Road, Orpington, BR5 3QA

26/00061/FPAFull planning permissionPermitted
Full

Proposal

Change of use from Class B8 to flexible Class E(g)(i), (ii), (iii), B2, and/or B8 use with alterations to unit including rooftop PV panels; replacement plant, refuse store and alterations to car park.

Received
8 January 2026
Decided
8 April 2026 · GRANTED
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
St Paul's Cray
  1. Received8 Jan
  2. Validated11 Feb
  3. Consult.6 Mar
  4. Target18 Mar
  5. Decided8 Apr

Decided in 56 days (council typically 56)

8 weeks typical decision time in Bromley77% of full applications approved

This is a full planning application for a change of use at PHASE 4 UNIT 2, NEW MILL ROAD, ORPINGTON, BR5 3QA. Bromley has handled 8,588 applications of this type and approves 76% of them, typically deciding them in 62 days. This one was decided in 90 days, 4 weeks longer than Bromley's median. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 79 applications across St Paul's Cray. We hold 2,984 applications in total for the BR5 postcode area.

Application Details

Reference
26/00061/FPA
Address
PHASE 4 UNIT 2, NEW MILL ROAD, ORPINGTON, BR5 3QA
Postcode
BR5 3QA
Local Authority
Bromley
Application Type
Full planning permission
Scale / Size
Small
Decision Status
Permitted
Current Status
Decision Made
Ward
St Paul's Cray

Applicant & Agent

Planning Application Dates

Date Received
8 January 2026
Consultation Expiry
6 March 2026
Target Decision Date
18 March 2026
Date Decided
8 April 2026
Date Validated
11 February 2026
Date Submitted
8 January 2026
Consultation End
6 March 2026

Planning Decision

Decision
GRANTED
Decided By
Delegated Decision
Statutory Period
35 days

Publicity

Appeal

Additional Information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14586712
Documents
15
Coordinates
51.406406, 0.117198
Enriching application data
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Source: Bromley

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Associated applications

  1. 2026
    8 Oct

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

    PendingDischarge of conditions26/00061/CON
  2. 2026
    8 Jan

    Change of use from Class B8 to flexible Class E(g)(i), (ii), (iii), B2, and/or B8 use with alterations to…

    This applicationApprovedFull26/00061/FPA

Planning constraints

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

  • Flood zone 2: Medium 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 2026-10-09. 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.

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