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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 dates35,030Searchable applications
882Recorded as pending
79%Approval rate · 24,935 approved or refused records
5,145Refused applications
19,790 approved · 5,145 refused · 723 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 1 Nov 2019 to 3 Nov 2026. Most recent record check: 6 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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 Made26/03003/ADV
1 externally illuminated post-mounted pictorial and footer panel sign, 1 set of externally illuminated lettering and 1 non-illuminated entrance sign
TIGERS HEAD, WATTS LANE, CHISLEHURST, BR7 5PJ
Received 24 Jul 2026 - Decision Made26/03005/HPA
Single storey rear extension, part one/two storey side/front extension, front canopy and elevational alterations.
96 HAYES CHASE, WEST WICKHAM, BR4 0JB
Received 24 Jul 2026 - Decision Made26/03006/LDC
Hip to gable loft conversion comprising rear dormer, window to side and rooflights to front, single storey rear extension for which Prior Approval was not required under 26/01371/NOT, elevational alterations. LAWFUL DEVELOPMENT CERTIFICATE (PROPOSED)
30 DYKE DRIVE, ORPINGTON, BR5 4LZ
Received 24 Jul 2026 - Decision Made26/03007/TCA
Ash tree (number 2263) on the corner of Cricket Ground Road and Norlands Crescent - Section fell to leave stumps approx 2m from ground.
1 NORLANDS CRESCENT, CHISLEHURST, BR7 5RN
Received 24 Jul 2026 - Decision Made26/03009/TCA
Ash (number 2647) outside Heath Cottages, 58 Mill Place - Reduce the radial spread towards the cottages by 2-3m and reduce the radial spread to the south east by approx 2m to balance. Reduce the remaining crown, radial spread by a maximum of 2m only as required to shape and balance. Prune out dead wood.
CHISLEHURST COMMON BETWEEN OLD HILL AND, BROMLEY ROAD, CHISLEHURST
Received 24 Jul 2026 - Decision Made26/03010/FPA
Removal of existing rear external staircase, change of use of upper floors of the building from offices (Use Class E) and conversion of existing roof space with rear dormer extension and front rooflights to provide 2x two bedroom and 1x Studio self-contained flats (Class C3), with external cycle and refuse storage at rear.
48 HIGH STREET, BECKENHAM, BR3 1AY
Received 24 Jul 2026 - Decision Made26/03011/FPA
Retention of two storey classroom previously permitted for a temporary period under 25/03701/FPA together with new entrance canopy, roof and elevational alterations, and paving to entrance
BROMLEY HIGH SCHOOL FOR GIRLS, BLACKBROOK LANE, BICKLEY, BROMLEY, BR1 2TW
Received 27 Jul 2026 - Decision Made26/03012/HPA
Installation of freestanding 7Kw electric vehicle charger
SAXBYS, ST PAULS CRAY ROAD, CHISLEHURST, BR7 6QA
Received 27 Jul 2026 - Decision Made26/03013/HPA
First floor side extension
78 ELM GROVE, ORPINGTON, BR6 0AD
Received 27 Jul 2026 - Decision Made26/03015/HPA
Single storey rear/side extension
8 BROOMHILL ROAD, ORPINGTON, BR6 0EW
Received 27 Jul 2026 - Decision Made26/03016/LDC
Works to front garden including removal of front wall, installation of hardstanding paving and boundary side walls. LAWFUL DEVELOPMENT CERTIFICATE (EXISTING)
113 HILLCREST ROAD, BROMLEY, BR1 4SA
Received 27 Jul 2026 - Valid26/03017/FPA
Part one/two storey rear extension with alterations to the roof including rear dormer extension and rooflight to the flank roof slope and conversion into 6x self-contained flats.
11 LONDON LANE, BROMLEY, BR1 4HB
Received 27 Jul 2026 - Decision Made26/03018/ADJ
Reserved matters application (details relating to appearance, landscaping, layout and scale) pursuant to condition 5 of hybrid planning permission 19/05000/HYB for 93 residential dwellings, car parking, cycle parking and associated infrastructure including landscaping. The hybrid application was subject to Environmental Impact Assessment and an Environmental Statement has been approved. (CONSULTATION BY SEVENOAKS DISTRICT COUNCIL)
DSTL Fort Halstead Crow Drive, Halstead
Received 21 Jul 2026 - Decision Made26/03019/HPA
Demolition of existing rear extension and construction of part one/two storey front, side and rear extensions, front porch, garage conversion to habitable space, loft conversion with raised ridge height, rear dormer, front and crown rooflights, and elevational alterations.
5 WIMBORNE AVENUE, CHISLEHURST, BR7 6RQ
Received 17 Jul 2026 - Decision Made26/03021/HPA
Demolition of existing rear extensions and chimney, replacement single storey rear extension with roof lantern, partial conversion of garage, new front extension and porch with elevational alterations.
WANERIDGE, SOUTH HILL, CHISLEHURST, BR7 5EF
Received 27 Jul 2026 - Decision Made25/00110/CON1
Details submitted to comply with the requirements of the following conditions relating to planning permission 25/00110/FULL6: Condition 4(a) - External materials - to update the roof materials.
7 MEADOW WAY, ORPINGTON, BR6 8LN
Received 27 Jul 2026 - Decision Made26/03023/HPA
Part one/two storey rear extension and side elevational alterations
SHERIDAN, WOOD WAY, ORPINGTON, BR6 8LS
Received 27 Jul 2026 - Decision Made25/05819/S73A
Minor Material Amendment under S73 of the Town and Country Planning Act to planning permission reference 25/05819/HPA allowed at appeal 6007385 (granted for Single storey side/rear extension, roof alterations to enlarge roofspace with addition of front and rear dormers, heat pump, solar panels and elevational alterations with landscaping to rear garden to include raised patio. Demolition of existing garage and construction of detached double garage to rear garden) in order to vary conditions 2 and 8 to allow for changes to the approved plans to include repositioning of master bedroom rooflights and to relocate the garage boundary wall to be 0.5m from the boundary.
223 CROFTON LANE, ORPINGTON, BR6 0BL
Received 27 Jul 2026 - Decision Made25/04112/CON
Details submitted to comply with the requirements of the following conditions relating to planning permission 25/04112/FPA: Cond 3 - Construction and Environmental Management Plan Cond 4 - Details of the proposed slab levels Cond 5 -Ground condition assessment report Cond 6 - Details of the materials Cond 8 - Proposed Landscaping strategies and materials Cond 10 - Flood risk assessment drainage strategy
LAND REAR OF 86 TO 106, KENT HOUSE ROAD, BECKENHAM
Received 27 Jul 2026 - Decision Made25/05351/CON1
Details submitted to comply with the requirements of the following informative relating to planning permission 25/05351/FPA: Informative 9 - Biodiversity Gain Plan
THE DEPOT, CHURCH HILL, ORPINGTON
Received 27 Jul 2026 - Decision Made26/03028/FPA
Replacement of all first and second floor windows with timber-framed windows to match the existing, and replacement of the existing plain tile roof with matching plain tiles.
100A BROMLEY ROAD, BECKENHAM, BR3 5NP
Received 27 Jul 2026 - Valid26/03029/LDC
Change of use from double detached garage to self-contained residential unit. LAWFUL DEVEOPMENT CERTIFICATE (EXISTING)
29 MARLINGS PARK AVENUE, CHISLEHURST, BR7 6QN
Received 28 Jul 2026 - Decision Made26/03030/TCA
T1 Magnolia - Reduce height and spread due to close proximity to property (Estimated current height 6m, proposed height 3m).
134 VICTOR ROAD, PENGE, LONDON, SE20 7JU
Received 28 Jul 2026 - Decision Made26/03031/HPA
: Proposed single storey rear extension together with raised patio and steps
166 POVEREST ROAD, ORPINGTON, BR5 1GU
Received 28 Jul 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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