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Planning application documents: what to read first
Understand planning application documents, officer reports and decision notices. Use a reading checklist, document table and worked example to inspect a case.
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Bromley planning applications
PlanningTrack collects planning applications and decisions from the public planning register of London Borough of Bromley. Search an address, application reference or proposal. Official Bromley website
Collected application statistics
Collected records · All available dates34,314Searchable applications
891Recorded as pending
79%Approval rate · 24,308 approved or refused records
5,043Refused applications
19,265 approved · 5,043 refused · 709 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 20 Dec 2019 to 3 Nov 2026. Most recent record check: 4 Nov 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Local planning information
Council sources checked 14 Sept 2026Planning information Environment and planningLocal plan Planning policyPre-application advice Pre-application planning adviceConservation areas Conservation areas
Council contacts
- Planning enquiriesplanning@bromley.gov.ukCouncil source
- Planning enquiriesPlanning@bromley.gov.ukCouncil source
- Planning enquiries02083134956Council source
- Planning enquiriesplanningappeals@bromley.gov.ukCouncil source
- General council enquiriesplanninginvestigation@bromley.gov.ukCouncil source
Contact details were found on council pages. Check the source for opening hours and which enquiries the service handles.
Conservation areas and Article 4 directions
Explore published planning boundaries and follow their source records for designation details. Coverage varies: an empty map does not mean there are no restrictions. Check the council’s current maps and documents before relying on a boundary.
Conservation areas69 mapped area records
Article 4 direction areasNo boundary records available in this collection
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Data downloaded 14 Sept 2026. Display boundaries are simplified and indicative. Map record counts are not a complete count of designations or directions.
Sources: Planning Data conservation areas and Article 4 direction areas. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
More application records
- Decision Made26/01259/HPA
Replacement of existing rear extension with new single storey rear extension
32 AYLESFORD AVENUE, BECKENHAM, BR3 3SD
Received 30 Mar 2026 - Decision Made25/05322/AMD
Non-material amendment application under S96a of the Town and Country Planning Act to planning permission reference: 25/05322/HPA: Part one/two storey side extension, single storey rear extension, new porch canopy, roof and elevational alterations in order to change roof of front dormer from hipped to gable, fenestration to side elevation and brickwork specification to London Stock Imperial.
8 AYCLIFFE CLOSE, BICKLEY, BROMLEY, BR1 2LX
Received 30 Mar 2026 - Decision Made26/01260/HPA
Increase the width of the approved first-floor rear extension with the installation of a permanent privacy screening fence. (Revision to permission granted under Ref: 25/05807/HPA for Demolition of existing garage and construction of a part one/two storey front/side and rear extensions and replacement side/rear patio)
27 PRIORY AVENUE, PETTS WOOD, ORPINGTON, BR5 1JE
Received 30 Mar 2026 - Decision Made26/01263/ADV
Internal illuminated sequential advertisement capable of static and dynamic content display with automatic rotation of images to existing bus shelter
Bus Shelter Outside 216 High Street Orpington
Received 30 Mar 2026 - Decision Made26/01261/ADV
Internal illuminated sequential advertisement capable of static and dynamic content display with automatic rotation of images to existing bus shelter
Bus Shelter , Pavement Outside 291 High Street Orpington BR6 0NN
Received 30 Mar 2026 - Decision Made26/01262/ADV
Internal illuminated sequential advertisement capable of static and dynamic content display with automatic rotation of images to existing bus shelter
Bus Shelter Outside 146 High Street Orpington
Received 30 Mar 2026 - Decision Made26/01264/ADV
Internal illuminated sequential advertisement capable of static and dynamic content display with automatic rotation of images to existing bus shelter
Bus Shelter , Pavement Outside 328 Orpington High Street, Orpington, BR6 0NQ
Received 30 Mar 2026 - Decision Made26/01265/ADV
Internally illuminated sequential advertisement capable of static and dynamic content display, with automatic rotation of images.
Bus Shelter , Pavement Outside 11 High Street, Bromley, BR1 1LF
Received 30 Mar 2026 - Decision Made26/01266/HPA
Garage conversion into habitable room with elevational alterations. Part hip to gable loft conversion with rear dormer, side roof window and one front roof light.
152 Petts Wood Road, Petts Wood, Orpington, BR5 1LF
Received 30 Mar 2026 - Decision Made26/00154/CON
Details submitted to comply with the requirements of the following conditions relating to planning permission 26/00154/HPA: Condition 4 - details of the gate remote-control operation
RED ROOF, THE HILLSIDE, ORPINGTON, BR6 7SD
Received 30 Mar 2026 - Decision Made23/01405/CON
Details submitted to comply with the requirements of the following conditions relating to planning permission 23/01405/FULL1: Condition 3 - Tree protection plan Condition 4 - Construction and Environmental Management Plan Condition 5 - Surface Water Drainage
LAND REAR OF 18, SCOTTS LANE, SHORTLANDS, BROMLEY
Received 30 Mar 2026 - Decision Made26/01271/HPA
Demolition of existing rear extension. Single storey rear extension.
22 WHARTON ROAD, BROMLEY, BR1 3LF
Received 30 Mar 2026 - Decision Made25/04226/AMD
Non-material amendment application under S96a of the Town and Country Planning Act to planning permission reference 25/04226/HPA to allow for change from brick to rendering and brick.
21 POYNTELL CRESCENT, CHISLEHURST, BR7 6PJ
Received 30 Mar 2026 - Decision Made26/01274/TPO
T4 Cypress on boundary between 37 and 39 - Crown lift over driveway of no. 39 to provide 5m clearance above ground level by removing or shortening lateral branches extending over the driveway back to the boundary line where necessary. SUBJECT TO TPO 2312 (27.3.2009)
BLUEBELL LODGE, 37 HOLBROOK LANE, CHISLEHURST, BR7 6PE
Received 12 Mar 2026 - Valid20/00325/CON17
Details submitted to comply with the requirements of the following condition relating to planning permission ref. 20/00325/OUT (as amended under 20/00325/AMD6) (related to Phase 1a (Area C Italian Terraces and Area F Tidal Lakes)): Condition 44 - Secure By Design Condition 48 - Refuse & Recycling Details
CRYSTAL PALACE PARK, THICKET ROAD, PENGE, LONDON, SE20 8DT
Received 30 Mar 2026 - Decision Made26/01277/NOT
Installation of 17.5m high monopole supporting 6no antennas and 1no. 300mm dish, with 3 equipment cabinets at ground level and ancillary development thereto. (56 DAY CONSULTATION BY CORNERSTONE TELECOMMUNICATIONS INFRASTRUCTURE Ltd REGARDING THE NEED FOR APPROVAL OF SITING AND APPEARANCE OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS DEVELOPMENT)
N/A, Land on Hastings Road, Bromley , BR2 8NB
Received 30 Mar 2026 - Decision Made26/01278/FPA
Replacement of existing timber windows to white UPVC windows to all elevations of Flat C 71 Widmore Road.
FLAT C, 71 WIDMORE ROAD, BROMLEY, BR1 3AA
Received 30 Mar 2026 - Decision Made26/01279/HPA
Loft conversion, outrigger extension, ground floor side extension, internal alterations & all associated works
11, Tennyson Road, Penge, London, SE20 7ND
Received 30 Mar 2026 - Decision Made18/00142/AMD
Non-material amendment application under S96a of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 to planning permission reference 18/00142/FULL1 to amend landscaping scheme
BORKWOOD COURT, SEVENOAKS ROAD, ORPINGTON, BR6 9LA
Received 30 Mar 2026 - Decision Made26/01283/HPA
Demolition of existing conservatory and removal of existing side chimney. Construction of a single storey rear extension with light lantern. Alterations to the existing roof to include enlargement of the existing side dormers, an additional side dormer, introduction of rooflight to the side elevation serving the stairwell, addition of rooflight above the ground floor and elevational alterations.
8 GLEESON DRIVE, ORPINGTON, BR6 9LJ
Received 30 Mar 2026 - Decision Made26/01287/HPA
Demolition of chimney, construction of single storey rear extension, storey side infill extension between house and garage, single storey front porch extension and addition of front bay window, Loft conversion with roof alterations and increase of roof height with front roof lights, rear gable end with Juliet balcony, alterations to existing balcony and rear dormer with Juliet balcony and elevational alterations to include renewal of all windows, rendering and cladding. Formation of additional vehicular access. (Revision to planning ref 24/04823/FULL6 to increase the depth of the existing first floor balcony)
The White House, Raggleswood, Chislehurst, BR7 5NH
Received 30 Mar 2026 - Decision Made26/01288/ADV
Internally illuminated sequential advertisement capable of static and dynamic content display, with automatic rotation of images.
Bus Shelter , Pavement Outside 7 High Street, Bromley, BR1 1LF
Received 30 Mar 2026 - Decision Made26/01290/TCA
T2 Conifer on right boundary in rear garden – Fell to ground level. T3 Cedar on right boundary in rear garden – Fell to ground level. T4 Leylandii on left boundary in rear garden – Fell to ground level.
7 MARKE CLOSE, KESTON, BR2 6EX
Received 30 Mar 2026 - Decision Made26/01291/NOT
Single storey rear extension, extending beyond the rear wall of the original house by 6m, for which the maximum height would be 3m, and for which the height of the eaves would be 2.6m (42 Day Notification for Householder Permitted Development Prior Approval)
250 LANGLEY WAY, WEST WICKHAM, BR4 0DU
Received 30 Mar 2026
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What these statistics cover
These figures describe applications collected by PlanningTrack for London Borough of Bromley, across all dates currently available. They are a partial dataset, rather than an authority-wide performance measure. The date range does not establish continuous historical coverage.
The approval percentage is approved records divided by approved plus refused records. Pending, withdrawn and unknown outcomes are excluded. No percentage is shown until there is an approved or refused record.
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