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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 dates30,633Searchable applications
868Recorded as pending
79%Approval rate · 21,403 approved or refused records
4,475Refused applications
16,928 approved · 4,475 refused · 607 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 3 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
- Valid03/00906/RECON
Variation of Condition 8 of planning permission 03/00906/FULL6 dated 20th November 2003 (Detached garage with accommodation over including dormers and conversion of integral garage into habitable accommodation) to use the additional space for renting to a lodger during periods when it is not used by visiting relatives. The additional accommodation shall not be severed to form a separate self-contained unit.
Yester Ridge, 34 Yester Road, Chislehurst, BR7 5HR
Received 8 Jun 2023 - Valid24/00036/ELUD
Erection of a twin axle caravan in the rear garden of 355 Main Road Westerham, for residential purposes ancillary to the host dwelling. (Lawful Development Certificate Existing)
Land Adjoining 355, Main Road, Biggin Hill
Received 31 Dec 2024 - Decision Made25/01428/FULL6
Demolition of rear conservatory, construction of single storey rear extension.
9 Torr Road, Penge, London, SE20 7PS
Received 16 Apr 2025 - Valid21/03345/CONDT3
Details submitted to comply with the requirements of the following conditions relating to planning permission 21/03345/RESPA:Condition 5: details of a scheme of noise mitigation measuresCondition 6: details of sounds insulation against airborne noise
Second Floor, 132 - 138 High Street, Bromley, BR1 1EZ
Received 2 Oct 2023 - Decision Made23/00809/CONDIT
Details submitted to comply with the requirements of the following conditions relating to planning permission 23/00809/SOLAR:Condition 1: Construction and Environmental Management Plan
Pavilion Leisure Centre, Kentish Way, Bromley, BR1 3EF
Received 26 Jul 2024 - Decision Made21/01635/CONDIT
Details submitted to comply with the requirements of a condition in relation to planning permission ref: 21/01635/FULL3Condition 3: Construction and Environmental Management Plan
31 East Street, Bromley, BR1 1QQ
Received 14 Aug 2023 - Decision Made22/02910/FULL1
Demolition of existing nursery buildings (excluding boundary wall) and construction of single storey replacement nursery building.
Valley Primary School, Beckenham Lane, Bromley, BR2 0DA
Received 22 Jul 2022 - Decision Made24/01255/FULL1
Continued use of land for an additional temporary period as a travellers caravan site consisting of 1x mobile home, 2x touring caravans, car parking, landscaping and associated development
Land North West Of Sevenoaks Lodge, Shire Lane, Farnborough, Orpington
Received 28 Mar 2024 - Decision Made21/01265/CONDT3
Details submitted to discharge conditions in relation to planning ref 21/01265/FULL1Condition 14 - A scheme for protecting the proposed development from external noise.
77B Bromley Road, Beckenham, BR3 5PA
Received 25 Feb 2022 - Decision Made20/00781/CONDT5
Submission of details pursuant to the partial discharge of condition 9 - External Materials of planning appeal allowed on the 29th March 2021 (appeal reference APP/G5180/W/20/3257010 LPA reference 20/00781/FULL1)
Footzie Social Club, Station Approach, Lower Sydenham, London, SE26 5BQ
Received 30 Mar 2022 - Decision Made20/01757/CONDT3
Details submitted to discharge condition in relation to planning ref: 20/01757/FULL1Condition 8 -Scheme to light the access drive and car parking areas
21A Ancaster Road, Beckenham, BR3 4DZ
Received 6 May 2021 - Decision Made24/01732/AMD
Amendment to previous planning permission ref 24/01732/FULL6:To change all windows and exterior doors to aluminium with grey colour.
24 Broadwalk, Orpington, BR6 7RZ
Received 14 Oct 2024 - Decision Made21/02884/FULL1
Construction of ground, first and second floor extensions including covered stair enclosure and glass balustrade, with conversion of second floor (including enlargement) to form 1 no. 1 bedroom residential flat, enlargement of existing hairdressing salon at first floor level, with associated refuse enclosure
17 Market Square, Bromley, BR1 1NA
Received 10 Jun 2021 - Decision Made24/03436/AMD
Amendment to planning permission ref 24/03436/FULL6: To change garage door to window
110 Village Way, Beckenham, BR3 3PA
Received 14 Mar 2025 - Decision Made20/04844/CONDIT
Details submitted to approve conditions relating to planning permission reference 20/04844/FULL1:Condition 3: Surface water drainageCondition 4: Construction and Environmental Management PlanCondition 5: Cycle parkingCondition 6: Biodiversity EnhancementsCondition 7: Refuse/recycling storageCondition 8: External lighting for parking area
Stable Bungalow A, Holmshaw Farm, Layhams Road, Keston, BR2 6AR
Received 7 Sept 2022 - Decision Made21/02115/FULL1
First and second floor rear extensions, two storey side extension and dormer extensions to existing roof to provide business space at ground floor level and 9 residential units on the upper floors with 10 car parking spaces, including undercroft parking
348 Crofton Road, Orpington, BR6 8NN
Received 27 Apr 2021 - Decision Made20/04427/TPO
Oak tree in rear garden - Raise lower canopy to 7m. Reduce lower lateral branches by up to 2m to balance lower crown. Remove deadwood and epicormic growth.SUBJECT TO TPO 378 (12.12.1986)
249 Crescent Drive, Petts Wood, Orpington, BR5 1AY
Received 25 Nov 2020 - Decision Made21/02599/PLUD
Removal of pedestrian gate. Erection of 1.5m high pedestrian gate and 1.5m high automated sliding vehicular gate. LAWFUL DEVELOPMENT CERTIFICATE (PROPOSED).
Bickley Park School, 24 Page Heath Lane, Bickley, Bromley, BR1 2DS
Received 25 May 2021 - Decision Made21/01926/FULL6
Demolition of rear conservatory; single storey rear extension and partial garage conversion
31 Jackson Road, Bromley, BR2 8NL
Received 19 Apr 2021 - Decision Made24/03408/TREE
Sycamore - Fell.
10 Nursery Gardens, Chislehurst, BR7 5BW
Received 11 Sept 2024 - Decision Made20/04672/FULL6
External ground excavations to form rear patio with new steps leading up to the existing high level garden and addition of retaining walls at the rear garden and at the side boundary (Rear patio to be sited to rear of extension approved under ref: 20/02174/FULL6)
32 Wimborne Avenue, Chislehurst, BR7 6RQ
Received 18 Nov 2020 - Decision Made24/03736/FULL6
Demolition of existing detached garage building and chimney to main dwelling, erection of two storey side and rear extensions, single storey rear extension, two storey front extension, single storey front porch canopy, new roof and elevational alterations.
50 Marlings Park Avenue, Chislehurst, BR7 6QW
Received 7 Oct 2024 - Decision Made24/04407/FULL6
Single storey rear/side extension with alterations to rear patio and steps and alterations to side ground floor roof.
23 The Glen, Orpington, BR6 8LP
Received 25 Nov 2024 - Decision Made22/04983/CONDIT
Details submitted to comply with the requirements of the following conditions relating to planning permission 22/04983/FULL3:Condition 3 - Construction and Environmental Management PlanCondition 4 - Refuse StorageCondition 5 - Cycle StorageCondition 6 - Noise/Vibration InsulationCondition 11 - Electric Vehicle Charging PointsCondition 14 - Biodiversity precautions and enhancements
Anglesea Healthy Living Centre, 1 Kent Road, Orpington, BR5 4AD
Received 6 Sept 2023
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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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