Planning application
FAIRTROUGH FARM, FAIRTROUGH ROAD, ORPINGTON, BR6 7NY
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
Change of use of Agricultural Building to provide 2no. Flexible Class E business units (excluding creches, day nurseries, day centres and indoor sport or indoor recreation). (56 day application for prior approval in respect of transport and highway impacts of the development, noise impacts of the development, contamination risks on the site and flooding risks on the site, under Class R of Part 3 of Schedule 2 of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) Order 2015 (as amended)).
As published by the council, reference 25/05357/NOT
Application record
- Reference
- 25/05357/NOT
- Type
- Prior approval Part 3 Class R: Agricultural buildings to a flexible commercial use
- Status
- Decision Made
- Decision
- Granted As published: PRIOR APPROVAL IS REQUIRED AND GRANTED
- Received
- 18 Nov 2025
- Validated
- 18 Nov 2025
- Decided
- 11 Feb 2026
- Ward
- Darwin
- Decision by
- Delegated Decision
- Postcode
- BR6 7NY
Site history
Applications at this address on the Bromley register
This site has had 2 applications since 2025: 2 approved, 0 refused.
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26/01840/FPA Granted
FAIRTROUGH FARM, FAIRTROUGH ROAD, ORPINGTON, BR6 7NY
External changes to existing agricultural building and resurfacing of existing hardstanding/car park with MOT type 2 roadstone (following grant of prior approval of building to flexible commercial use (Class E) under reference 25/05357/NOT).
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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18 Nov 2025
Received by Bromley
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11 Feb 2026
Decision issued: PRIOR APPROVAL IS REQUIRED AND GRANTED
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11 Aug 2026
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26/01840/FPA Granted
FAIRTROUGH FARM, FAIRTROUGH ROAD, ORPINGTON, BR6 7NY
External changes to existing agricultural building and resurfacing of existing hardstanding/car park with MOT type 2 roadstone (following grant of prior approval of building to flexible commercial use (Class E) under reference 25/05357/NOT).
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
14 documents on file for this application
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Bromley granted permission on 11 February 2026, subject to any conditions on the decision notice. Work must normally begin within three years or the permission lapses. More in our guide to what happens after a planning decision.
About prior approval applications
Prior approval applies where permitted development rights already grant the principle of the work, leaving the council only the specific matters the rules name, commonly within 56 days. More in our guide to planning application types.
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