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68 Chelsfield Lane, Orpington, BR5 4HQ

26/02539/LDCLawful development: Proposed useApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved

Council decision: PROPOSED USE/DEVELOPMENT IS LAWFULDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Hip to gable loft conversion with rear dormer. Velux roof lights to front roof slope. LAWFUL DEVELOPMENT CERTIFICATE (PROPOSED)

Received
24 June 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
St Mary Cray
  1. Received24 Jun
  2. Validated24 Jun
  3. Consult.15 Jul
  4. Target15 Jul
  5. Decided

About this application

This is an outline application for a loft conversion at 68 CHELSFIELD LANE, ORPINGTON, BR5 4HQ. Bromley has handled 2,558 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 24 June 2026 and is still awaiting a decision. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 77 applications across St Mary Cray. We hold 3,015 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 4HQ
Application type
Lawful development: Proposed use
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
24 June 2026
Consultation expiry
15 July 2026
Consultation end
15 July 2026

Planning decision

Decision
PROPOSED USE/DEVELOPMENT IS LAWFUL
Statutory period
21 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-15032023
Documents
6

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
    24 Jun

    Hip to gable loft conversion with rear dormer. Velux roof lights to front roof slope. LAWFUL DEVELOPMENT…

    This applicationApprovedOutline26/02539/LDC
  2. 2026
    24 Jun

    Demolition of existing conservatory and garage to construct a new single storey rear extension, external wall…

    ApprovedHouseholderFiled alongside26/02540/HPA

Source: Bromley

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

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