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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 dates34,771Searchable applications
884Recorded as pending
79%Approval rate · 24,714 approved or refused records
5,104Refused applications
19,610 approved · 5,104 refused · 718 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 20 Nov 2019 to 3 Nov 2026. Most recent record check: 5 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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 Made23/01547/CON11
Submission of details pursuant to planning condition 5 (Air Quality Neutral), planning condition7(a) (Acoustic / Façade Noise Mitigation Measures), planning condition 8A (Noise from Mechanical Plant and Equipment), planning condition 21 (Electric Vehicle Charging Infrastructure), planning condition 22(i) (External Lighting), planning condition 26 (Commercial Unit Details) in relation to planning application reference number 23/01547/FULL1, dated 21.12.2023.
CAR PARK, STATION ROAD, BROMLEY
Received 26 May 2026 - Decision Made25/05794/S73A
Variation of condition 2 of permission ref.25/05794/FPA granted for change of use of existing storage building to single storey dwellinghouse with accommodation in roof, including elevational alterations and associated parking, in order to replace permitted rooflights with traditional dormer windows, and amend arrangement of ground floor door and windows in western flank elevation.
GREEN ACRES, KEMNAL ROAD, CHISLEHURST, BR7 6LY
Received 26 May 2026 - Decision Made26/02115/LDC
Conversion of existing integrated garage into a habitable living space with elevational alterations LAWFUL DEVELOPMENT CERTIFICATE (PROPOSED)
6 FOREST RIDGE, BECKENHAM, BR3 3NH
Received 26 May 2026 - Decision Made26/02116/TCA
T1 Sycamore tree - Fell to ground level.
8 CAMDEN PARK ROAD, CHISLEHURST, BR7 5HG
Received 26 May 2026 - Decision Made26/02117/TCA
Boundary trees and hedges - Fell 2 x dead trees to ground level. Trim and prune all shrub and hedges along the boundary as required to create neater more compact form. Reduce tree adjacent to building to give at least 1.5m clearance.
1A CHRIST CHURCH ROAD, BECKENHAM, BR3 3LE
Received 26 May 2026 - Valid26/02118/HPA
Demolition of existing garage and construction of single storey side and front extensions, infill of the existing sunken outdoor swimming pool, canopy to rear, removal of side dormer to be replaced with rooflight and elevational alterations to including rendering and replacement windows. Landscaping alterations to include tarmac to front driveway to provide additional parking, automatic gates to side boundary, semi-sunken swimspa with pergola to rear and sunken trampoline to rear.
BEECHWOOD LODGE, SHIRE LANE, FARNBOROUGH, ORPINGTON, BR6 7EU
Received 26 May 2026 - Decision Made26/02119/HPA
Removal of existing timber shed and installation of replacement timber shed and timber summerhouse
10 SCOTSDALE CLOSE, PETTS WOOD, ORPINGTON, BR5 1NU
Received 26 May 2026 - Decision Made26/02120/FPA
Removal of existing cladding elements including brick cavity material, timber surfaces, soffits, rainscreen cladding, uPVC panels, screens, balcony decking. Installation of cladding elements including brick cavity material, timber surfaces, soffits, rainscreen cladding, uPVC panels, screens, balcony decking, metal railing.
HOMELANDS PLACE, BIGGIN HILL, WESTERHAM, TN16 3FB
Received 27 May 2026 - Decision Made26/02121/HPA
Hip to gable loft conversion with front roof lights and rear dormer
1 DOWNS BRIDGE ROAD, BECKENHAM, BR3 5HX
Received 27 May 2026 - Decision Made26/02122/HPA
Erection of porch canopy and external facade alterations to return render wall finish back to original brick finish.
1 Beaumont Road, Petts Wood, Orpington, BR5 1JL
Received 27 May 2026 - Decision Made26/02123/LDC
Replacement of existing garage with single storey side extension & loft conversion comprising rear dormer and rooflights to front, elevational alterations. LAWFUL DEVELOPMENT CERTIFICATE (PROPOSED)
1 Beaumont Road, Petts Wood, Orpington, BR5 1JL
Received 27 May 2026 - Decision Made26/02124/NOT
Single storey rear extension, extending beyond the rear wall of the original house by 5.00m, for which the maximum height would be 2.80m, and for which the height of the eaves would be 2.80m (42 Day Notification for Householder Permitted Development Prior Approval)
28 LULLINGSTONE CRESCENT, ORPINGTON, BR5 3EB
Received 27 May 2026 - Decision Made26/02125/TPO
T1 Yew & T2 Yew - Cut both trees back by 2m. SUBJECT TO TPO BB9 1960
ST ANDREWS COURT, 15 OAKLANDS ROAD, BROMLEY, BR1 3SP
Received 27 May 2026 - Decision Made26/02126/HPA
Replacement of front porch with new extended canopy over to provide bin store, new pitched roof over garage, elevational alterations including façade treatment and window replacement.
9 ELVINGTON GREEN, BROMLEY, BR2 9DE
Received 27 May 2026 - Decision Made26/02127/HPA
Construction of a single-storey side/rear wraparound extension featuring rooflights, with a metal pergola structure attached to the rear elevation.
102 NIGHTINGALE LANE, BROMLEY, BR1 2SE
Received 27 May 2026 - Decision Made26/02128/HPA
Single storey rear extension, elevational alterations.
18 PATTERSON ROAD, ANERLEY, LONDON, SE19 2LD
Received 27 May 2026 - Decision Made26/01283/CON
Details submitted to comply with the requirements of the following conditions relating to planning permission 26/01283/HPA: condition 3 - External materials
8 GLEESON DRIVE, ORPINGTON, BR6 9LJ
Received 27 May 2026 - Decision Made25/04207/CON
Details submitted to comply with the requirements of the following conditions relating to planning permission 25/04207/FPA: Condition 3: Construction and Environmental Management Plan
CASTLECOMBE CHILDREN AND FAMILY CENTRE, CASTLECOMBE ROAD, MOTTINGHAM, LONDON, SE9 4AT
Received 27 May 2026 - Decision Made26/02131/HPA
Erection of a first floor rear extension, including internal alterations.
1 HENVILLE ROAD, BROMLEY, BR1 3HX
Received 27 May 2026 - Decision Made26/02132/LDC
Hip to Gable loft extension with rear dormer LAWFUL DEVELOPMENT CERTICATE (PROPOSED)
35 BEAUMONT ROAD, PETTS WOOD, ORPINGTON, BR5 1JL
Received 27 May 2026 - Decision Made26/02133/HPA
Demolition of single storey rear extension. Proposed part two storey side extension, rear single storey extension along with front porch & roof.
38 THE AVENUE, ST PAULS CRAY, ORPINGTON, BR5 3DJ
Received 27 May 2026 - Decision Made26/02134/TPO
T1 Cedar situated rear boundary, overhanging road - Reduce elongating growth by no more than 2m. Thin crown by selecting crossing and rubbing branches and dysfunctional growth by no more than 15%. Remove major deadwood including larger dead branch overhanging shed. Remove dysfunctional branch on east north east side at 10m which is benched on lower branches to source. SUBJECT TO TPO 27 (7.3.1967)
10 LISKEARD CLOSE, CHISLEHURST, BR7 6RT
Received 27 May 2026 - Decision Made26/02135/TPO
T1 Field Maple on rear boundary - Cut back overhanging growth over No. 4 Partridge Drive to full height of tree, back by no more than 2.5m. SUBJECT TO TPO 1417 (2.12.1997)
8 AVONSTOWE CLOSE, ORPINGTON, BR6 8NA
Received 27 May 2026 - Decision Made26/02136/FPA
Construction of 2x two storey detached self-build/custom build dwellings with associated access road/car parking refuse storage
LAND REAR OF 76 TO 96, GLEBE WAY, WEST WICKHAM
Received 27 May 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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