Priory Depot, Church Hill, Orpington, Bromley, BR6 0GE Data via plota.co.uk

25/05351/FPA - Full planning permission Approved

Proposal

Demolition of an existing museum and art store and the construction of replacement archive, museum and art storage building with associated landscaping and vehicle parking. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
18 Nov 2025
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Validated
27 Nov 2025
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Approved
12 Mar 2026

Approved on 12 Mar 2026 · Plan Sub Committee · Last checked 8 Oct 2026

Documents 60

Statements & assessments 19

PDF Biodiversity Net Gain Statement Supporting Document · 27 Nov 2025 View ↗ PDF Design and Access Statement Design and Access Statement · 19 Nov 2025 View ↗ PDF Heritage Impact Assessment Supporting Document · 18 Nov 2025 View ↗ PDF Transport Statement Supporting Document · 18 Nov 2025 View ↗ PDF Below Ground Drainage Layout and SUDS Details - 9412-ES-BA-XX-DR-C-600 Rev P1 Drawing · 18 Nov 2025 View ↗ PDF Noise Impact Assessment Supporting Document · 18 Nov 2025 View ↗ PDF Tree Protection Plan and Method Statement - 3170-EWA-BA-ZZ-DR-L-79010 Rev P2 Drawing · 18 Nov 2025 View ↗ PDF Tree Survey - 2035-WWA-ZZ-XX-DR-L-0703 Rev PL00 Drawing · 18 Nov 2025 View ↗ PDF Statement of Community Engagement Supporting Document · 18 Nov 2025 View ↗ PDF Biodiversity Net Gain Statutory Metric Supporting Document · 18 Nov 2025 View ↗ PDF Preliminary Ecological Appraisal - 1 of 2 Supporting Document · 18 Nov 2025 View ↗ PDF Statement of Need Supporting Document · 18 Nov 2025 View ↗ PDF Topographical and Utilities Survey - 69721_SPSURVEY_PG Rev 0 Drawing · 18 Nov 2025 View ↗ PDF Proposed Site Plan - Biodiversity Net Gain - 3170-EWA-BA-ZZ-DR-A-19102 Rev P7 Drawing · 18 Nov 2025 View ↗ PDF Bat Emergence Survey Supporting Document · 18 Nov 2025 View ↗ PDF Air Quality Screening Assessment Supporting Document · 18 Nov 2025 View ↗ PDF Preliminary Ecological Appraisal - 2 of 2 Appendix Supporting Document · 18 Nov 2025 View ↗ PDF Planning Statement Supporting Document · 18 Nov 2025 View ↗ PDF Archaeological Desk Based Assessment Supporting Document · 18 Nov 2025 View ↗

Plans & drawings 29

PDF Security Gates and Fence - 3170-EWA-BA-ZZ-DR-A-33102 P3 Drawing · 3 Feb 2026 View ↗ PDF Proposed Perimeter Fence & Site Levels - 3170-EWA-BA-ZZ-DR-A-19201 P3 Drawing · 3 Feb 2026 View ↗ PDF Drawing Issue Register Supporting Document · 27 Nov 2025 View ↗ PDF Existing Site Plan - 3170- EWA- BA- ZZ- DR- A- 19010 Rev P7 Drawing · 27 Nov 2025 View ↗ PDF Proposed Site Plan (External Surfaces) - 3170-EWA-BA-ZZ-DR-A-19106 Rev P4 Drawing · 18 Nov 2025 View ↗ PDF Proposed North Elevation - 3170-EWA-BA-ZZ-DR-A-10627 Rev P3 Drawing · 18 Nov 2025 View ↗ PDF Outline Construction and Environmental Management Plan Supporting Document · 18 Nov 2025 View ↗ PDF Location Plan Location Plan · 18 Nov 2025 View ↗ PDF Proposed New Public Area Landscaping Plan - 3170-EWA-BA-ZZ-DR-A-19109 Rev P5 Drawing · 18 Nov 2025 View ↗ PDF Wider Site Plan - 3170-EWA-BA-ZZ-DR-A-19113 Rev P4 Drawing · 18 Nov 2025 View ↗ PDF Proposed Ground Floor Plan - 3170-EWA-BA-00-GA-A-10430 Rev P18 Drawing · 18 Nov 2025 View ↗ PDF Proposed South Elevation - 3170-EWA-BA-ZZ-DR-A-10521 Rev P13 Drawing · 18 Nov 2025 View ↗ PDF Hard Landscaping Plan - 3170-EWA-BA-ZZ-DR-L-19200 Rev P4 Drawing · 18 Nov 2025 View ↗ PDF Soft Landscaping Plan - 3170-EWA-BA-ZZ-DR-L-19202 Rev P4 Drawing · 18 Nov 2025 View ↗ PDF Proposed Ancillary Spaces Section - 3170-EWA-BA-ZZ-DR-A-10642 Rev P3 Drawing · 18 Nov 2025 View ↗ PDF Proposed Friends of Priory Gardens Area - 3170-EWA-BA-ZZ-DR-A-19107 Rev P5 Drawing · 18 Nov 2025 View ↗ PDF Proposed First Floor Plan - 3170-EWA-BA-01-GA-A-10431 Rev P12 Drawing · 18 Nov 2025 View ↗ PDF Proposed Site Plan - 3170-EWA-BA-ZZ-DR-A-19101 Rev P15 Drawing · 18 Nov 2025 View ↗ PDF Existing/Proposed Elevations - 3170-EWA-BA-ZZ-DR-A-10501 Rev P10 Drawing · 18 Nov 2025 View ↗ PDF Proposed East Elevation - 3170-EWA-BA-ZZ-DR-A-10522 Rev P6 Drawing · 18 Nov 2025 View ↗ PDF Proposed Plant Sections - 3170-EWA-BA-ZZ-DR-A-10622 Rev P7 Drawing · 18 Nov 2025 View ↗ PDF Dust Management Plan Supporting Document · 18 Nov 2025 View ↗ PDF Proposed Roof Plan - 3170-EWA-BA-R1-GA-A-10433 Rev P13 Drawing · 18 Nov 2025 View ↗ PDF Proposed Site Access Plan - 3170-EWA-BA-ZZ-DR-A-19116 Rev P4 Drawing · 18 Nov 2025 View ↗ PDF Annexe WC Unit and Canopy Plans and Elevations - 3170-EWA-BA-ZZ-DR-A-19118 Rev P4 Drawing · 18 Nov 2025 View ↗ PDF Proposed GA Section NS - 3170-EWA-BA-ZZ-DR-A-10640 Rev P3 Drawing · 18 Nov 2025 View ↗ PDF Proposed Vehicle and Bike Parking Plan - 3170-EWA-BA-ZZ-DR-A-19119 Rev P1 Drawing · 18 Nov 2025 View ↗ PDF Proposed West Elevation - 3170-EWA-BA-ZZ-DR-A-10626 Rev P7 Drawing · 18 Nov 2025 View ↗ PDF Proposed GA EW Section - 3170-EWA-BA-ZZ-GA-A-10621 Rev P15 Drawing · 18 Nov 2025 View ↗

Consultation & comments 5

PDF Objector’s name hidden Show Representation · 22 Dec 2025 View ↗
PDF Objector’s name hidden Show Representation · 22 Dec 2025 View ↗
PDF Email Objection Representation · 22 Dec 2025 View ↗
PDF Objector’s name hidden Show Representation · 22 Dec 2025 View ↗
PDF Objector’s name hidden Show Representation · 22 Dec 2025 View ↗

All documents on the council site ↗

Site constraints 10

Archaeological priority area
An assessment or field evaluation may be asked for before ground works.
The council or Historic England considers archaeology likely here. A desk-based assessment, and sometimes trial trenching, can be asked for with the application.
Air quality management area: Aqma 2020
The council has declared the area as failing an air quality objective.
Schemes that add traffic, parking or combustion plant are assessed against the area's action plan and may need an air quality assessment.
Council record ↗
Registered park or garden about 13 m away: Priory Gardens, Orpington
Its setting is a consideration for work nearby.
Registered parks and gardens, battlefields, world heritage sites and protected wrecks are designated heritage assets: harm needs clear and convincing justification.
Historic England ↗
Conservation area about 16 m away: The Priory, Orpington
The edge of the area; work outside it can still affect its setting.
The council must give weight to preserving or enhancing the area's character and appearance. Not every council has published its boundaries as open data.
Council document ↗
Also on the record
Radon affected area, class 2; 1 listed building within 150 m of the postcode pin; Inside the Bromley built-up area; Public transport access: PTAL 3 (moderate), TfL 2023, for the 100 m square; Designated open space about 12 m away; Town centre about 55 m away: Orpington.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 7 October 2026. The pin for this application is the centre of its postcode rather than the building, so distances to nearby designations are measured from the postcode and can be out by the width of the postcode area. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England, the British Geological Survey and UK Health Security Agency (radon, contains BGS materials © UKRI), Transport for London (public transport access levels, Powered by TfL Open Data, OGL v3.0, contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2025) and council datasets, Open Government Licence. A boundary can run through a site and the council holds the definitive record: confirm with the council before relying on this.

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Important details

Council
Bromley
Application type
Full planning permission
Postcode
BR6 0GE
Received
18 Nov 2025
Validated
27 Nov 2025
Ward
Orpington
Case officer
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Target decision
22 Jan 2026
Decision
GRANTED
Decision date
12 Mar 2026
Decision level
Plan Sub Committee
Applicant
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How this decision compares

Decided in 105 days from validation, 49 days slower than Bromley's median of 56 for full applications. Approved, as 65% of full applications here are.

51%decided within 8 weeks
65%approved
323decided in the last year

Plota live figures for full applications decided by Bromley in the last twelve months, from validation. Bromley decision record →

Public comments

121comments received
114 objecting7 supporting

94% object · above the UK average of 74%

Last counted 8 Oct 2026

Read the comments on the council site ↗

Consultation & key dates

Comments by
19 Dec 2025
Committee
19 Feb 2026
Bromley
Planning Authority Score
4.4/10
Below average
#178 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Householder decisions

Bromley ranks #143 out of 296 councils for householder decision speed. Bromley is also one of the strictest councils - it refuses more householder applications than almost any other, with only 79% approved vs 90% nationally.

One of the strictest councils
only 79% approved vs 90% nationally
These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application. View full council performance
Bromley decision statistics
Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026
77%
Overall approval rate
Below avg (87%) #276 of 296
79%
Householder approved
Below avg (90%) #280 of 296
66%
Decided in 8 weeks
Above avg (63%) #143 of 296
33%
Extended time limit
Below avg (41%) #72 of 296
63%
Minor dwellings approved
70 decided (1-9 homes)
88%
Major dwellings approved
8 decided (10+ homes)
50%
Change of use approved
42 decided
2,164
Total decisions
500 refused in the year to March 2026