Spring Lodge, Elizabeth Way, Orpington, BR5 4BH Data via plota.co.uk

25/03289/FPA - Full planning permission Approved

Proposal

Demolition of the existing building and the erection of a part three, part-four storey building to provide 20 new dwellings, with associated accessible parking, cycle parking, bin storage and other associated works Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
27 Jun 2025
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Validated
12 Aug 2025
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Approved
25 Feb 2026

Approved on 25 Feb 2026 · Plan Sub Committee · Last checked 13 Oct 2026

Documents 60

Statements & assessments 20

PDF Technical Response to LLFA Comments (Drainage) Supporting Document · 19 Nov 2025 View ↗ PDF Drainage Layout - DL0329-CON-XX-00-DR-CE-01000 Rev. P05 Revised Drawing · 19 Nov 2025 View ↗ PDF Energy Statement Supporting Document · 13 Nov 2025 View ↗ PDF The Statutory Biodiversity Metric Supporting Document · 12 Aug 2025 View ↗ PDF BAT SURVEY REPORT - 794-ENV-ECO-22345 Supporting Document · 11 Jul 2025 View ↗ PDF Statement of Community Involvement Supporting Document · 27 Jun 2025 View ↗ PDF Overheating Assessment - 241155 Rev. P02 Supporting Document · 27 Jun 2025 View ↗ PDF Biodiversity Metric Calculation Tool Supporting Document · 27 Jun 2025 View ↗ PDF Flood Risk Assessment - 240810/A Crump Supporting Document · 27 Jun 2025 View ↗ PDF Preliminary Ecological Appraisal - 794-ENV-ECO-22345 B Supporting Document · 27 Jun 2025 View ↗ PDF Energy Statement - 241155 Rev. P02 Supporting Document · 27 Jun 2025 View ↗ PDF Drainage Layout - DL0329-CON-XX-00-DR-CE-01000 rev. P03 Drawing · 27 Jun 2025 View ↗ PDF Noise Impact Assessment Supporting Document · 27 Jun 2025 View ↗ PDF Transport Statement - QMF 09.20 – Issue 5 Supporting Document · 27 Jun 2025 View ↗ PDF Design and Access Statement Design and Access Statement · 27 Jun 2025 View ↗ PDF HTVIA Statement Supporting Document · 27 Jun 2025 View ↗ PDF Air Quality Screening Assessment - Version 1.1 Supporting Document · 27 Jun 2025 View ↗ PDF Fire Statement Superseded · 27 Jun 2025 View ↗ PDF Biodiversity Net Gain Assessment Supporting Document · 27 Jun 2025 View ↗ PDF Planning Statement Supporting Document · 27 Jun 2025 View ↗

Plans & drawings 30

PDF TYPICAL SuDS DETAILS - DL0329-CON-XX-00-DR-CE-01301 Rev. P01 Revised Drawing · 19 Nov 2025 View ↗ PDF Proposed Roof Plan - DL0329-ALA-XX-04-DR-AR-00104 Rev. P05 Revised Drawing · 12 Nov 2025 View ↗ PDF Proposed First Floor Plan - DL0329-ALA-XX-01-DR-AR-00101 Rev.P05 Revised Drawing · 12 Nov 2025 View ↗ PDF Proposed Second Floor Plan - DL0329-ALA-XX-02-DR-AR-00102 Rev.P06 Revised Drawing · 12 Nov 2025 View ↗ PDF Proposed Elevations -DL0329-ALA-XX-ZZ-DR-AR-00200 Rev. P06 Revised Drawing · 12 Nov 2025 View ↗ PDF Proposed Ground Floor Plan - DL0329-ALA-XX-00-DR-AR-00100 P05 Revised Drawing · 12 Nov 2025 View ↗ PDF Proposed Third Floor Plan - DL0329-ALA-XX-03-DR-AR-00103 - Rev.P05 Revised Drawing · 12 Nov 2025 View ↗ PDF Proposed First Floor Plan - DL0329-ALA-XX-01-DR-AR-00101/Rev P04 Drawing · 12 Aug 2025 View ↗ PDF Location Plan - DL0329-ALA-XX-XX-DR-AR-01001/Rev C01 Location Plan · 12 Aug 2025 View ↗ PDF Existing Site Plan - DL0329-ALA-XX-XX-DR-AR-01003/Rev P04 Drawing · 12 Aug 2025 View ↗ PDF Proposed Second Floor Plan - DL0329-ALA-XX-02-DR-AR-00102/Rev P04 Superseded · 12 Aug 2025 View ↗ PDF Existing Elevation Plans - DL0329-ALA-XX-ZZ-DR-AR-01200/Rev P04 Drawing · 12 Aug 2025 View ↗ PDF Proposed Roof Plan - DL0329-ALA-XX-04-DR-AR-00104/Rev P04 Superseded · 12 Aug 2025 View ↗ PDF Proposed Sections AA & BB - DL0329-ALA-XX-ZZ-DR-AR-00300/Rev P04 Drawing · 12 Aug 2025 View ↗ PDF Existing Ground & First Floor Plans - DL0329-ALA-XX-00-DR-AR-01100/Rev P04 Drawing · 12 Aug 2025 View ↗ PDF Proposed Site Plan - DL0329-ALA-XX-XX-DR-AR-00002/Rev P04 Drawing · 12 Aug 2025 View ↗ PDF Existing Boundary / Streetscene Elevation Plans - DL0329-ALA-XX-ZZ-DR-AR-01201/Rev P01 Drawing · 12 Aug 2025 View ↗ PDF Proposed Third Floor Plan - DL0329-ALA-XX-03-DR-AR-00103/Rev P04 Superseded · 12 Aug 2025 View ↗ PDF Proposed Ground Floor Plan - DL0329-ALA-XX-00-DR-AR-00100/Rev P04 Superseded · 12 Aug 2025 View ↗ PDF Proposed Elevations 1 - DL0329-ALA-XX-ZZ-DR-AR-00200/Rev P04 Superseded · 12 Aug 2025 View ↗ PDF Proposed Boundary / Streetscene Elevations - DL0329-ALA-XX-ZZ-DR-AR-00201/Rev P01 Drawing · 12 Aug 2025 View ↗ PDF Indicative Green Roof Plan - 3002 REV PL02 Drawing · 27 Jun 2025 View ↗ PDF Outline Construction Logistics and Environmental Management Plan Supporting Document · 27 Jun 2025 View ↗ PDF Urban Greening Factor Plan - D3466 FAB XX XX DR L 3101 REV PL03 Drawing · 27 Jun 2025 View ↗ PDF Detailed Soft Landscape Plan - 3001 REV PL02 Drawing · 27 Jun 2025 View ↗ PDF GEA Schedule - DL0329-ALA-ZZ-XX-SA-AR-10502 REV P03 Drawing · 27 Jun 2025 View ↗ PDF Residential Travel Plan Supporting Document · 27 Jun 2025 View ↗ PDF Apartment Schedule - DL0329-ALA-ZZ-XX-SA-AR-10500 REV P03 Drawing · 27 Jun 2025 View ↗ PDF GIA Schedule - DL0329-ALA-ZZ-XX-SA-AR-10501 REV P03 Drawing · 27 Jun 2025 View ↗ PDF External Lighting Layout - DL0329-CPW-XX-00-DR-ES- 30701 S3 REV P02 Drawing · 27 Jun 2025 View ↗

All documents on the council site ↗

Associated applications 5

Site constraints 9

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 ↗
Also on the record
Conservation area about 24 m away: St. Mary Cray; 1 listed building within 150 m of the postcode pin; Radon affected area, class 2; Inside the Bromley built-up area; Public transport access: PTAL 2 (poor), TfL 2023, for the 100 m square; Designated open space about 25 m away; Priority habitat about 35 m away: Deciduous woodland.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 13 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
BR5 4BH
Received
27 Jun 2025
Validated
12 Aug 2025
Ward
St Mary Cray
Case officer
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Target decision
11 Nov 2025
Decision
GRANTED SUBJECT TO SECTION 106 LEGAL AGREEMENT
Decision date
25 Feb 2026
Decision level
Plan Sub Committee
Applicant
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How this decision compares

Decided in 197 days from validation, 136 days slower than Bromley's median of 61 for full applications. Approved, as 69% of full applications here are.

46%decided within 8 weeks
69%approved
7%go to committee

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

Public comments

2comments received
2 objecting

Last counted 13 Oct 2026

Read the comments on the council site ↗

Consultation & key dates

Comments by
4 Sept 2025
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