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London Borough of Bromley
Planning applications.
Explore collected planning applications and decisions for London Borough of Bromley. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
Collected application statistics
Collected records · All available dates19,486Searchable applications
864Recorded as pending
77%Approval rate · 12,952 approved or refused records
2,959Refused applications
9,993 approved · 2,959 refused · 349 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 27 Jun 2022 to 13 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 14 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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 Made25/01382/FULL1
Erection of 2 two storey semi-detached 3 bedroom dwellings with associated private amenity space, cycle, refuse and recycling storage and car parking
Land Rear Of 7 To 25, Stowe Road, Orpington
Received 11 Apr 2025 - Decision Made25/00468/FULL1
First floor extension at rear to create one bedroom flat with balcony and associated refuse and cycle storage to rear
354 Crofton Road, Orpington, BR6 8NN
Received 5 Feb 2025 - Decision Made25/01173/FULL6
Front porch single storey extension and first floor rear extension with elevational changes.
30 Leaves Green Road, Keston, BR2 6DF
Received 31 Mar 2025 - Decision Made25/00518/TREE
220 Silver Birch - Fell to ground level.226 Sycamore - Fell to ground level.237 Holly - Fell to ground level.
Selwood House, Kemnal Road, Chislehurst, BR7 6LT
Received 10 Feb 2025 - Valid24/03084/FULL6
Revisions to permission ref 21/04451/FULL6 granted for demolition of existing garage, single storey rear and front extension, addition of first floor extension with new roof. Addition of dormer to windows to front and dormer to rear and elevational alterations. Dropped kerb and erection of parking on the front of the property, in order to amend roof design of single storey rear extension, and add steps to site frontage.
95 Chislehurst Road, Orpington, BR6 0DL
Received 13 Aug 2024 - Decision Made25/00732/PLUD
Loft conversion with roof extension, rooflights and rear dormer with a Juliet balcony, LAWFUL DEVELOPMENT CERTIFICATE (PROPOSED)
40 The Avenue, St Pauls Cray, Orpington, BR5 3DJ
Received 28 Feb 2025 - Decision Made25/00094/FULL6
Demolition of side lean-to and chimney, construction of 2 storey side extension, roof alterations, loft conversion comprising rear dormer and rooflights to front.
111 Crescent Drive, Petts Wood, Orpington, BR5 1BA
Received 14 Jan 2025 - Decision Made24/04509/FULL6
Single storey side/rear extension.
9 Whateley Road, Penge, London, SE20 7NE
Received 2 Dec 2024 - Decision Made24/04807/FULL6
Single storey rear extension
29 Clock House Road, Beckenham, BR3 4JS
Received 30 Dec 2024 - Decision Made24/04619/FULL6
Single storey side extension, garage conversion to provide rooms for habitable use.
21 Rowan Walk, Bromley, BR2 8QW
Received 11 Dec 2024 - Decision Made25/00650/PLUD
Removal of rear chimney. Loft conversion with rear dormer and front rooflights and rear elevational alterations. LAWFUL DEVELOPMENT CERTIFICATE (PROPOSED)
87 Glanville Road, Bromley, BR2 9LN
Received 21 Feb 2025 - Decision Made25/01214/FULL6
Single storey rear extension with steps to rear.
51 Forde Avenue, Bromley, BR1 3EU
Received 31 Mar 2025 - Decision Made23/02013/TREE
Cedar of Lebanon in the car park adjacent to 65 Crystal Palace Park Road - Reduce the overhang by 3m branch length back to significant active growth points and match in the sides to maintain equal crown spread and balance.
65 Crystal Palace Park Road, Sydenham, London, SE26 6UT
Received 23 May 2023 - Decision Made21/02829/AMD
Non-Material Amendment for additional plant rooms to the rear ground floor of the site and elevational alterations to the plant room relating to planning permission ref: 21/02829/FULL1
77 High Street, Beckenham, BR3 1AN
Received 4 Oct 2023 - Decision Made21/03345/CONDT4
Details submitted to comply with the requirements of the following conditions relating to planning permission 21/03345/RESPA:Condition 2: Details of arrangements for bicycle parking
Second Floor, 132 - 138 High Street, Bromley, BR1 1EZ
Received 2 Oct 2023 - Decision Made23/02827/TREE
T1 Norway Maple; moribund - Fell to ground level.
Prince George Duke Of Kent Court, Shepherds Green, Chislehurst, BR7 6PA
Received 21 Jul 2023 - Decision Made23/03713/TPO
T1 Quercus robur (English oak) in front garden - Reduce in height by approximately 2.5m, to the vicinity of previous pruning points, down from 19m to 16.5m and average radial spread by approximately 2.5m from 13m to 10.5m. Thin out crown by approximately 15%.Remove major deadwood. Remove epicormic growth up to crown break.SUBJECT TO TPO 65 (10.9.1971)
9 Wimborne Avenue, Chislehurst, BR7 6RQ
Received 29 Sept 2023 - Decision Made24/02262/TREE
x4 Leylandii trees - Reduce by 4m.
8 Marlowe Close, Chislehurst, BR7 6ND
Received 24 Jun 2024 - Decision Made25/00876/ADJ
Outline planning application, with all matters reserved except access, for the erection of up to 10,500 sqm of employment floorspace to provide Use Class B2/B8/E(g)
Land South Of Hockenden Lane, Hockenden Lane, Swanley, BR8 7QH
Received 6 Mar 2025 - Decision Made24/03584/TREE
T1 Horse Chestnut Tree (Aesculus hippocastanum) - Dismantle to as close to ground level as possible.
15 Queens Mead Road, Bromley, BR2 0ER
Received 25 Sept 2024 - Decision Made23/04340/TPO
T1 Taxodium distichum (Swamp Cypress) in rear garden - Reduce height by no more than 2m (from 18.5m down to 16.5m) and average radial spread by no more than 2m (from 8m to 6m), taking care to prune to live secondary growth points and maintaining even, balanced shape appropriate to species.SUBJECT TO TPO 2662 (16.4.2019)
6 Elwill Way, Beckenham, BR3 3AD
Received 13 Nov 2023 - Decision Made23/00310/TPO
T1 Horse Chestnut tree - Crown lift to a height of 4m.SUBJECT TO TPO 58 (21.8.1970)
Edgehill, Stonehouse Road, Orpington, TN14 7HW
Received 26 Jan 2023 - Decision Made23/02203/TREE
Fir tree in front garden - Fell.
33 Forest Ridge, Keston, BR2 6EG
Received 5 Jun 2023 - Decision Made25/01895/TREE
T1 Lime tree - Re-pollard to previous points.
Limes Court, Limes Road, Beckenham, BR3 6NS
Received 20 May 2025
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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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