Planning application
1 FARNBOROUGH WAY, ORPINGTON, BR6 7DH
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
Change of use of ground and first floor from Class E (Commercial, Business and Service) to Use Class C3 (Dwellinghouses) to form 1 x 2 bedroom dwelling under Class MA, Part 3, Schedule 2 of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) 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).
As published by the council, reference 26/01077/NOT
Application record
- Reference
- 26/01077/NOT
- Type
- Prior approval Part 3 Class MA: Commercial, business and service uses to dwellinghouses
- Status
- Decision Made
- Decision
- PRIOR APPROVAL IS REQUIRED AND GRANTED
- Received
- 18 Mar 2026
- Validated
- 18 Mar 2026
- Decided
- 12 May 2026
- Ward
- Farnborough & Crofton
- Decision by
- Delegated Decision
- Postcode
- BR6 7DH
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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18 Mar 2026
Received by Bromley
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12 May 2026
Decision issued: PRIOR APPROVAL IS REQUIRED AND GRANTED
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11 Aug 2026
Added to PlanIndex
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
11 documents on file for this application
A planning file usually holds the application form, drawings and site plans, consultee responses, the officer's report and the decision notice.
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Open the documentsWhat a grant of permission means
The process from here
Permission has been granted, usually subject to conditions listed on the decision notice, some of which must be discharged before work starts. The decision notice on the council portal sets out exactly what was approved.
Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses. Neighbours cannot appeal a grant; challenging one means judicial review of how the decision was made, within tight time limits.
About prior approval applications
How this application type works
Prior approval applications arise where permitted development rights already grant the principle of the work, such as larger home extensions, changes of use to housing or agricultural buildings. The council may only consider the specific matters set out in the rules, for example transport, flooding or appearance, and in many classes the work may proceed if the council does not respond within the deadline, commonly 56 days.
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