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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 dates24,819Searchable applications
835Recorded as pending
78%Approval rate · 17,012 approved or refused records
3,701Refused applications
13,311 approved · 3,701 refused · 475 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 19 Jul 2021 to 20 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 22 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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 Made25/00710/OUT
Additional storey on the existing roof terrace, installation of an external platform lift from the garage to the lower front terrace, and addition of a brick arch to the front elevation. (Outline permission in respect of appearance, layout and scale).
105 Harvest Bank Road, West Wickham, BR4 9DP
Received 27 Feb 2025 - Decision Made25/00892/FULL6
Demolition of existing conservatory and detached garage, construction of single storey rear extension and elevational alterations.
17 Bramley Way, West Wickham, BR4 9NT
Received 13 Mar 2025 - Decision Made25/00410/FULL1
Change of use of 40 & 40A from a HMO to a single dwellinghouse (C3), single storey side extension and elevational alterations.
40 Manor Road, Beckenham, BR3 5LE
Received 5 Feb 2025 - Decision Made24/04702/HHPA
Single storey rear extension, extending beyond the rear wall of the original house by 5.5m, for which the maximum height would be 3m, and for which the height of the eaves would be 2.8m (42 Day Notification for Householder Permitted Development Prior Approval)
Lakeside, Gwydyr Road, Bromley, BR2 0EX
Received 18 Dec 2024 - Decision Made25/00960/FULL1
Change of Use of first floor from office (Use Class E(g)(i)) to 1 x two bedroom residential flat (Use Class C3) with refuse and cycle storage.
62A Glebe Way, West Wickham, BR4 0RL
Received 17 Mar 2025 - Decision Made25/00666/FULL6
Demolition of existing garage and construction of two storey side extension and single storey rear extension
67 Kingswood Avenue, Shortlands, Bromley, BR2 0NR
Received 24 Feb 2025 - Decision Made25/00101/HHPA
Single storey rear extension, extending beyond the rear wall of the original house by 4.9m, for which the maximum height would be 4m, and for which the height of the eaves would be 3.6m (42 Day Notification for Householder Permitted Development Prior Approval)
69 Siward Road, Bromley, BR2 9JY
Received 14 Jan 2025 - Decision Made25/00313/FULL6
Demolition of rear conservatory and first floor bay window, construction of single storey rear extension, enclosed front porch extension, first floor side roof extension including two side roof lights one front and rear roof light and elevational alterations.
48 Hillcrest Road, Biggin Hill, TN16 3TY
Received 29 Jan 2025 - Decision Made21/02861/AMD2
Non-material amendment to planning permission ref: DC/21/02861/FULL1 granted for the erection of new part 2, part 3 storey terraced maisonettes, and 4 storey apartment building, accommodating 35 new dwellings, with associated substation, hard and soft landscaping, and car parking in order to change the design of automatic opening vents (AOVs) within the glazing of the east elevation of the apartment building as well as to update the ground floor site plan to reflect a minor relocation of sheet piling in relation to the western boundary.
Crofton Halls (South), York Rise, Orpington
Received 28 Oct 2022 - Decision Made23/01244/TPO
T1 Sycamore - Reduce the west side of the canopy by up to 2m to reduce the end weight and balance. Lift the lower canopy over the road side to 5m and lightly reduce the tips of the branches over the road by up to 1m. Remove any major deadwood.SUBJECT TO TPO 893 (17.11.1993)
1 Park Place, Park Road, Bromley, BR1 3HL
Received 29 Mar 2023 - Decision Made22/02078/TREE
T1 Blue Atlas Cedar - Tidy wind damage and remove co-dominant stem with secondary wound.T2 Corsican Pine - Reduce lateral spread of tree on house side by up to 3m.
The White Lodge, Holwood Park Avenue, Orpington, BR6 8NG
Received 24 May 2022 - Decision Made20/05027/CONDT1
Details submitted to discharge conditions in relation to planning permission ref 20/05027/FULL1Condition 12 - Lighting
34 West Common Road, Hayes, Bromley, BR2 7BX
Received 31 Mar 2022 - Decision Made23/03302/TPO
Large Oak tree in rear garden - Crown reduce by 2.5m and crown clean.SUBJECT TO TPO 602 (20.6.1989)
92 Elwill Way, Beckenham, BR3 6RX
Received 29 Aug 2023 - Decision Made21/04543/TPO
Lime - Crown reduce by 3m, crown clean and crown lift over road to 4m. Leave crown balanced where possible. Large Whitebeam - Crown reduce by 3m, crown clean and crown lift over road to 4m. Leave crown balanced where possible.SUBJECT TO TPO 846 (27.7.1993)
Shipley Court , Selby Road, Penge, London, SE20 8SE
Received 11 Oct 2021 - Decision Made24/00742/AMD
Non-Material Amendment to previous planning permission ref 24/00742/FULL6:Replacement of one set of double doors with window to rear elevation. Replacement of green roof of garden room with artificial slates and relocation of garden room further into the garden, 27m away from the property instead of 10m.
28 Overhill Way, Beckenham, BR3 6SW
Received 10 Jun 2024 - Decision Made24/03146/AMD
Non-material amendment application under S96a of the Town and Country Planning Act to planning permission reference 24/03146/FULL6 to amend addition of rear obscure window
48 Westhurst Drive, Chislehurst, BR7 6HT
Received 5 Jun 2025 - Decision Made22/02022/TREE
T1 Spruce in front garden, on left hand side adjacent to driveway - Section fell as close to ground level as possible.
Farm Cottage, Fortune Bank Farm, Nash Lane, Keston, BR2 6AP
Received 19 May 2022 - Decision Made21/05659/TREE
T2 Apple towards rear boundary - Reduce the height and radial spread of the canopy by up to 2m and shape accordingly. Remove major deadwood. Crown thin by approximately 15%.
30 Broadoaks Way, Bromley, BR2 0UB
Received 10 Dec 2021 - Decision Made22/00660/TPSPLD
Mature Ash tree adjacent to and overhanging housing-estate communal land - Pollard.SUBJECT TO TPO 215 (12.7.1984)
11 Hanbury Drive, Biggin Hill, TN16 3EN
Received 16 Feb 2022 - Decision Made24/04596/TREE
T2 Oak - Reduce low west facing lateral limb by approx 2m, leaving 3-4m.
Worsley Grange, Kemnal Road, Chislehurst, BR7 6NL
Received 9 Dec 2024 - Decision Made21/05619/TPO
T1 Oak - Remove major deadwood throughout whole crown area (Deadwood > 25mm in diameter).T3 Sycamore (dead tree) - Fell to ground level. T5 Silver Birch x 3 (wind blown trees) - Fell to ground level.SUBJECT TO TPO C & S 4 1949
Ashbourne , 25B Holbrook Lane, Chislehurst, BR7 6PE
Received 8 Dec 2021 - Decision Made23/01607/TREE
T1 Leylandii in rear garden - Fell.
39 Heathfield Road, Keston, BR2 6BG
Received 24 Apr 2023 - Decision Made21/04353/CONDIT
Details submitted to comply with the requirements of the following conditions relating to planning application ref: 21/04353/RECON:Condition 3-Construction and Environmental Management PlanCondition 4:-Drainage
107 - 111 Anerley Road, Penge, London, SE20 8AP
Received 14 Apr 2023 - Decision Made21/03804/TREE
1 x Mature English Oak tree - Crown reduce height and lateral spread by approximately 2m and thin the crown by the removal of epicormic shoots and branches.Line of Lawson Cypress - Trim garden side and roadside as hard as possible and lift roadside to approximately 2.5m and cut back from curb edge. 1 x Leyland Cypress hedge belonging to neighbour and 1 x Plum tree - Trim and cut back to boundary. Dismantle to as close to ground level as possible the left-hand stem of Plum tree (green leafed stem).
14 Styles Way, Beckenham, BR3 3AJ
Received 10 Aug 2021
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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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