Planning application
5 THORPE CLOSE, ORPINGTON, BR6 9RG
Works: Loft or dormer
Refused. Only the applicant can appeal, within the statutory time limit, and a revised scheme can be submitted instead.
Proposal
Minor material amendment under S73 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 to allow for variation of Condition 2 planning permission ref. 25/03936/HPA (granted for loft conversion with rear dormer including Juliet balcony and three front dormers) to allow for internal alterations to the proposed staircase layout as well as alteration to dormers.
As published by the council, reference 25/05461/S73A
Application record
- Reference
- 25/05461/S73A
- Type
- Removal/variation of conditions
- Status
- Decision Made
- Decision
- REFUSED
- Received
- 25 Nov 2025
- Validated
- 25 Nov 2025
- Decided
- 20 Jan 2026
- Ward
- Farnborough & Crofton
- Decision by
- Delegated Decision
- Postcode
- BR6 9RG
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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25 Nov 2025
Received by Bromley
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20 Jan 2026
Decision issued: REFUSED
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11 Aug 2026
Added to PlanIndex
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
6 documents on file for this application
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The process from here
The council refused this application for the reasons set out on the decision notice, which the council portal holds in full. Only the applicant can appeal a refusal; the time limit runs from the decision date and is shorter for householder schemes.
Refusal does not prevent a fresh attempt. Applicants often address the reasons for refusal and resubmit, so a refused scheme is not necessarily the end of proposals for the site.
About amendments applications
How this application type works
An amendment application changes a permission that already exists. Non-material amendments cover small adjustments with no wider effect, while minor material amendments, usually made by varying a condition, allow modest design changes without a fresh application. Anything beyond that needs a new permission, so the scope here is deliberately narrow.
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24/04572/AMD2 Granted
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24/01018/S73A2 Granted
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Under Section 73 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990, variation of Condition 2 of planning permission 24/01018/FULL1 dated 17.06.2025 (for Demolition of existing dwelling. Erection of 2x three storey blocks containing total of 9 apartments incorporating habitable roof space with associated access, private and communal amenity space, refuse and cycle storage) to allow for: 2m increase in the rear projection of the front block, retention of the previously approved 2m increase in the width of the rear block, and associated internal reconfigurations and external elevational alterations.
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25/01010/AMD Refused
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Non-Material Amendment to previous planning permission ref 25/01010/FULL6: Roof and eaves design revised, minor revisions to window size (garden elevation)
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23/04815/AMD Granted
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Non-material amendments under Section 96a of the Town and Country Planning Act to development granted planning permission under reference 23/04815/FULL1 (Demolition of existing Use Class E office building and erection of replacement mixed use office and residential building comprising eight residential apartments.) to allow: To incorporate and extend an existing basement, identified during the detailed design stage, for ancillary plant, building services, life safety equipment and storage in connection with the approved development.
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25/05004/S73A Awaiting decision
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Minor Material Amendment under S73 of the Town and Country Planning Act to planning permission reference 25/05004/FPA (granted for Demolition of existing dwelling. Erection of two storey detached dwellinghouse with swimming pool.) in order to vary condition 2 to allow for changes to the approved plans to include the introduction of seven rooflights on rear roof slope, a rooflight on northern flank roof slope and two rooflights on the crown roof.