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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 dates30,575Searchable applications
868Recorded as pending
79%Approval rate · 21,363 approved or refused records
4,468Refused applications
16,895 approved · 4,468 refused · 606 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 7 Sept 2020 to 28 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 30 Oct 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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 Made25/01557/TREE
x11 Lime trees - Pollarding to the old cuts which would leave them standing at approximately 13ft after works. Also, removing ivy from some.
10 Whitecroft Way, Beckenham, BR3 3AG
Received 20 Mar 2025 - Decision Made21/04186/TREE
T1 Apple - Reduce crown by up to 0.75m laterally to within garden boundaries. Lightly reduce top to balance shape, pruning vertical water shoots to second bud. Lightly thin crown, especially centre, by approximately 15%, preferentially removing water shoots and crossing/duplicating branches. Reduce decayed south-western limb in upper crown by approximately 1m. T2 Magnolia - Reduce crown by approximately 1-1.5m in height and 1m laterally. Thin crown by approximately 15%, removing dead wood and crossing/duplicating branches.
19 Limes Road, Beckenham, BR3 6NS
Received 17 Sept 2021 - Decision Made22/05041/TPO
T1 Elm on rear left corner through the gate - Prune to reduce overhang to 1m behind boundary line.T2 English Oak on left side of building - Reduce back split low level branch overhanging seating area to a suitable growth point.SUBJECT TO TPO 233A (11.1.1990)
Chislehurst Caves, Old Hill, Chislehurst, BR7 5NB
Received 19 Dec 2022 - Decision Made24/01964/PLUD
Loft conversion comprising rear dormer and three new roof windows to front roof slopeLAWFUL DEVELOPMENT CERTIFICATE (PROPOSED)
26 Invicta Close, Chislehurst, BR7 6SJ
Received 21 May 2024 - Decision Made21/01910/TREE
Leaning Larch tree next to lake - Fell.
Keston Waterside Apartments, 9 Croydon Road, Keston, BR2 6EA
Received 12 Apr 2021 - Decision Made21/01515/TREE
T1 Willow - Pollard back to the original reduction points at 4m.
37A Belvedere Road, Anerley, London, SE19 2HJ
Received 29 Mar 2021 - Decision Made23/01534/TPO
T531 Sycamore - Remove suspended/broken branches.T0722 Elm (dead) - Fell to ground level.T519 Common Ash - Pollard to approx 5m, just below cavity.SUBJECT TO TPO OUDC 11 1956
Hookwood House, Rushmore Hill, Orpington, BR6 7NR
Received 20 Apr 2023 - Decision Made24/02937/TREE
T1 Holm Oak - Remove lower limb overhanging greenhouse.
17 Woodlands Road, Bickley, Bromley, BR1 2AD
Received 31 Jul 2024 - Decision Made22/04110/FULL6
Single storey rear extension
30 Oakley Drive, Bromley, BR2 8PP
Received 20 Oct 2022 - Decision Made20/05027/FULL1
Demolition of existing buildings and redevelopment with the construction of a new three storey building to provide a 50-bed residential care home (Use Class C2), including communal facilities, access, car parking and landscaping.
34 West Common Road, Hayes, Bromley, BR2 7BX
Received 23 Dec 2020 - Decision Made21/05243/TPO
Beech on front boundary - Reduce crown in height up to 2m and spread by up to 1.5m over the road and 1m over the drive/front garden.SUBJECT TO TPO 261 (8.8.1985)
108 Goddington Lane, Orpington, BR6 9DY
Received 15 Nov 2021 - Decision Made19/03573/AMD2
Amendment to planning ref: 19/03573/FULL1Change of external material of proposed dormer from stained timber cladding to grey compact imitation slate.
49 Newlands Park, Sydenham, London, SE26 5PN
Received 23 Jun 2021 - Decision Made20/03598/TPO
x2 Beech trees at Lockesley Chase - Tip prune leaders on easterly face by up to 3m to bring crown in to shape. Crown lift lower secondary branches to 1.5m to lift branches from touching the ground.SUBJECT TO TPO 2610 (30.4.2015)
North Orpington Pumping Station, East Drive, Orpington
Received 6 Oct 2020 - Decision Made22/00360/TPO
1 x Lime tree - Crown reduce by 2m. SUBJECT TO TPO 1230 (28.7.1995)
60 Park Road, Beckenham, BR3 1QH
Received 20 Jan 2022 - Valid21/05616/TREE
T1 Lime on right hand boundary of front garden - Reduce back to previous pruning points up to 1.5 metres (re-pollard).T2 Ash on rear boundary - Reduce the overall height and radial spread of the canopy by up to 3m, cutting back to appropriate growing points to balance canopy where possible.
4 Wells Road, Bickley, Bromley, BR1 2AJ
Received 7 Dec 2021 - Decision Made21/03920/TREE
T1 Japanese Cypress - Remove to ground level. T2 Bay Laurel - Remove to ground level and treat stump to prevent regrowth.
33 Kings Hall Road, Beckenham, BR3 1LT
Received 26 Aug 2021 - Decision Made20/03403/TREE
T1 Olive in front garden - Reduce by no more than 1.5m to finished height of 4m leaving rounded shape.T2 Leylandii - Reduce to finished height of 5m removing 8m and finish cuts where previous contractor has left unfinished pruning cuts in adjacent trees.T3 Ceanothus - Prune sympathetically by no more than 40cm to 'umbrella' shape.
2 Rectory Place , Hawkwood Lane, Chislehurst, BR7 5PN
Received 24 Sept 2020 - Decision Made21/05768/TREE
T3 Lawson Cypress (Chamaecyparis lawsoniana) to front of the property - Remove.
2 Styles Way, Beckenham, BR3 3AJ
Received 17 Dec 2021 - Decision Made22/02183/TREE
T1 Oak - Cut back branches imposing on and overhanging pavement (expired permission given for this work previously, the work was not carried out).T2 Cedar - Cut back bottom 3 pendulous branches encroaching on Oak tree.T3 Cedar - Remove lowest pendulous branch. Cut back all branches on side and front elevation of 66 and 68 Manor Way by 3m.
68 Manor Way, Beckenham, BR3 3LR
Received 30 May 2022 - Decision Made23/03558/TREE
T12 Sycamore - Section dismantle/fell to ground level.
Land At, King William Iv Gardens, Penge, London
Received 19 Sept 2023 - Decision Made25/02048/DEMCON
Demolition of existing two storey building (Consultation under Class B, Part 11, of Schedule 2 of The Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015)
Spring Lodge, Elizabeth Way, Orpington, BR5 4BH
Received 2 Jun 2025 - Decision Made22/04609/TREE
T1 Birch close to rear of property - Crown reduce the height and radial spread of the canopy by up to 3m maintaining a natural shape. Remove major deadwood.
31 Heathfield, Chislehurst, BR7 6AF
Received 22 Nov 2022 - Decision Made21/01379/TPO
T2 Norway Maple - Reduce crown by approximately 5m. Raise crown to 6.5m over Malmains Way.SUBJECT TO TPO 1712 (28.7.2000)
42 Brabourne Rise, Beckenham, BR3 6SG
Received 23 Mar 2021 - Decision Made24/03276/TPSPLD
Ground Control are contracted by Cornerstone (CTIL) to carry out tree works on behalf of Vodafone and O2/Telefonica. Vodafone have identified a mast that is scheduled to be upgraded, and have instructed some tree works to be carried to ensure that all vegetation is sufficiently clear of the mast:T1 Oak - Heavy crown reduction to 11m from 23m approximately.SUBJECT TO TPO BB & OUDC 1
Street Record, Westerham Road, Keston
Received 29 Aug 2024
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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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