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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 dates35,206Searchable applications
905Recorded as pending
79%Approval rate · 25,053 approved or refused records
5,170Refused applications
19,883 approved · 5,170 refused · 726 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 22 Oct 2019 to 4 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
- Valid26/03848/NOT
Single storey rear extension, extending beyond the rear wall of the original house by 4.95m, for which the maximum height would be 3.08m, and for which the height of the eaves would be 2.78m (42 Day Notification for Householder Permitted Development Prior Approval)
46 RAVENSWOOD AVENUE, WEST WICKHAM, BR4 0PW
Received 1 Oct 2026 - Decision Made26/03849/TCA
T1 Oak - Reduce by approximately 2m to suitable growth points at least 1/3 diameter of adjacent branch. T2 Hornbeam - Reduce by approximately 2m to suitable growth points at least 1/3 diameter of adjacent branch.
MAVERTON, YESTER PARK, CHISLEHURST, BR7 5DQ
Received 28 Sept 2026 - Valid26/03850/HPA
Proposed garage conversion to habitable room, construction of loft extension including rear roof dormer and front roof lights and elevational alterations.
16 RAVENS DENE, CHISLEHURST, BR7 5FL
Received 1 Oct 2026 - Valid26/03852/TCA
T1 Silver Birch in rear garden - Fell. T2 Common Beech in rear garden - Crown reduce by 4m in height and 2m spread (back to the previous reduction points).
5 MANOR WAY, BECKENHAM, BR3 3LH
Received 30 Sept 2026 - Valid26/03853/TCA
Small Holly in front garden - Remove.
8 ELM ROAD, BECKENHAM, BR3 4JB
Received 30 Sept 2026 - Valid26/03854/HPA
Demolition of existing rear structure/conservatory. Construction of a single storey rear extension.
16 SHERWOOD WAY, WEST WICKHAM, BR4 9PD
Received 25 Sept 2026 - Valid26/03855/HPA
Two storey side extension with solar panels, Juliet balconies and elevational alterations including removal of chimney and alterations to side access
1 STEEP CLOSE, ORPINGTON, BR6 6DS
Received 2 Oct 2026 - Valid26/03856/FPA
Upwards extension to existing block of flats to provide 8 x additional residential flats with cycle parking and refuse provision
CORTLAND HOUSE, APPLE YARD, PENGE, LONDON, SE20 8FT
Received 2 Oct 2026 - Valid26/01109/CON1
Details submitted to comply with the requirements of the following conditions relating to planning permission 26/01109/HPA: Condition 3 - Materials
19 KINGS HALL ROAD, BECKENHAM, BR3 1LT
Received 28 Sept 2026 - Valid18/04265/CON7
Details submitted to comply with the requirements of the following conditions relating to planning permission 18/04265/RECON: Condition 4 - Remedial Verification Report
POTTERS FARM, TURPINGTON LANE, BROMLEY, BR2 8JN
Received 2 Oct 2026 - Valid24/03543/CON4
Details submitted to comply with the requirements of the following conditions relating to planning permission 24/03543/OUT: Condition 3 - Remediation Verification Report
POTTERS FARM, TURPINGTON LANE, BROMLEY, BR2 8JN
Received 2 Oct 2026 - Valid26/03864/HPA
Construction of single strorey rear extension.
98 AVIEMORE WAY, BECKENHAM, BR3 3RT
Received 2 Oct 2026 - Valid26/03865/FPA
Installation of a sensory garden at land to the front of the school for an inclusive environment for children with communication, social and sensory needs consisting of a sensory path constructed from different textured and coloured materials with small sections covered by coloured archways, lined with activity boards, apparatus that create sound, a sound tube and planters with herbs and textured plants to enhance natural and sensory provision. A wooden gazebo with coloured panels to allow for outdoor teaching. Addition of privacy mesh and ivy to the existing front boundary fence and replacement internal green bow top fence to create a private and secure space for the children
PERRY HALL PRIMARY SCHOOL, PERRY HALL ROAD, ORPINGTON, BR6 0EF
Received 2 Oct 2026 - Valid26/03866/LDC
Single storey rear extension and elevational alterations. LAWFUL DEVELOPMENT CERTIFICATE (PROPOSED)
MARSTON, STONEHOUSE ROAD, ORPINGTON, SEVENOAKS, TN14 7HW
Received 2 Oct 2026 - Valid26/03868/TCA
T1 Hawthorn - Prune out dead branches and reduce crown top and all sides by approx. 1m.
MANOR BEECH, MANOR PARK, CHISLEHURST, BR7 5QD
Received 2 Oct 2026 - Valid26/03869/TPO
T2 Common Horse Chestnut - Reduce the height and spread by up to 3m. T3 Copper Beech - Reduce right hand side (side over drive) by approximately 3m, reduce lawn side by 1m and height by 2m, creating a more round balanced form SUBJECT TO TPO 152A (17.10.1989)
COURT LODGE, CHURCH ROAD, CHELSFIELD, ORPINGTON, BR6 7SN
Received 2 Oct 2026 - Valid26/03870/TCA
T1 Pine - Clear overhang over roof to give 2m clearance. Reduce the low lateral limb growing over roof taking back to secondary stem (see photo with red marks indicating branches to remove).
19 MANOR WAY, BECKENHAM, BR3 3LH
Received 2 Oct 2026 - Valid26/03871/TPO
T1 Oak - Remove the low limb from over the shed roof taking back to secondary branch union @ 4m. Remove stub end taking back to secondary branch union. Raise epicormic trunk growth to 4m @ crown break. Raise the low dropping branch overhanging neighbours garden taking back to secondary branch union @ 4m. SUBJECT TO TPO 1056 (17.3.1994)
55 BUSHEY WAY, BECKENHAM, BR3 6TH
Received 2 Oct 2026 - Decision Made26/03872/TCA
T1 Dead Willow and dead Cherry - Section fell to ground level. T2 Apple - Reduce height by 1m.
FERNHURST, MEAD ROAD, CHISLEHURST, BR7 6AD
Received 2 Oct 2026 - Valid26/03874/HPA
Demolition of existing garage and erection of a two-storey side extension and a single-storey rear extension with internal and elevational alterations
21 BABBACOMBE ROAD, BROMLEY, BR1 3LN
Received 5 Oct 2026 - Valid26/03876/NOT
Prior approval under Schedule 2, Part 3, Class Q of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (as amended) for the change of use of an agricultural building (Unit 6) to 1 dwellinghouse and associated operational development.
LONE BARN FARM, EAST HALL ROAD, ORPINGTON, BR5 4EZ
Received 5 Oct 2026 - Valid26/03877/NOT
Prior approval under Schedule 2, Part 3, Class Q of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (as amended) for the change of use of an agricultural building (Unit 5) to 1 dwellinghouse and associated operational development.
LONE BARN FARM, EAST HALL ROAD, ORPINGTON, BR5 4EZ
Received 5 Oct 2026 - Valid26/03878/NOT
Prior approval under Schedule 2, Part 3, Class Q of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (as amended) for the change of use of an agricultural building (Unit 1) to 1 dwellinghouse and associated operational development.
LONE BARN FARM, EAST HALL ROAD, ORPINGTON, BR5 4EZ
Received 5 Oct 2026 - Valid26/03879/NOT
Prior approval under Schedule 2, Part 3, Class Q of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (as amended) for the change of use of an agricultural building (Unit 2) to 1 dwellinghouse and associated operational development.
LONE BARN FARM, EAST HALL ROAD, ORPINGTON, BR5 4EZ
Received 5 Oct 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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