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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 dates25,410Searchable applications
826Recorded as pending
78%Approval rate · 17,475 approved or refused records
3,767Refused applications
13,708 approved · 3,767 refused · 485 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 11 Jun 2021 to 20 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 23 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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 Made24/01704/PLUD
Construction of a single storey rear extension.LAWFUL DEVELOPMENT CERTIFICATE (PROPOSED)
33 Kent House Lane, Beckenham, BR3 1LE
Received 3 May 2024 - Decision Made24/02306/PLUD
Loft conversion with rear dormer and rooflights to the front.LAWFUL DEVELOPMENT CERTIFICATE (PROPOSED)
384 Blandford Road, Beckenham, BR3 4NN
Received 17 Jun 2024 - Decision Made24/02437/FULL6
Loft conversion with rear dormer, juliet balcony, addition of three front rooflights and removal of part chimney stack.
51 Pelham Road, Beckenham, BR3 4SQ
Received 27 Jun 2024 - Decision Made24/02634/FULL6
Detached 3 bay oak framed car port to existing parking area.
White Hatch, Petleys Farm, Luxted Road, Downe, Orpington, BR6 7JS
Received 10 Jul 2024 - Decision Made24/02870/FULL6
Conversion of garage to habitable room, single storey rear extension.
28 Barkway Drive, Orpington, BR6 8PQ
Received 26 Jul 2024 - Decision Made24/01004/PLUD
Single storey rear extension (where prior approval was not required under 24/00126/HHPA).LAWFUL DEVELOPMENT CERTIFICATE (PROPOSED)
79 Oakdene Avenue, Chislehurst, BR7 6DZ
Received 14 Mar 2024 - Decision Made24/03140/FULL6
Conversion of garage to habitable room and front porch extension. Part one/two storey rear extension with Juliet balcony and elevational alterations.
113 Park Avenue, Orpington, BR6 9EG
Received 16 Aug 2024 - Decision Made24/03188/FULL1
Single storey rear extension to the existing ground floor flat and loft conversion with roof extension to upper floor flat, together with roof lights.
47 West Street, Bromley, BR1 1RE
Received 21 Aug 2024 - Decision Made24/01115/FULL6
Demolition of existing conservatory and garage; Construction of first floor side extension, part one and part two storey rear extension, loft conversion with a rear dormer and elevational alterations.
4 Glebe House Drive, Hayes, Bromley, BR2 7BN
Received 22 Mar 2024 - Decision Made24/04381/FULL6
Single storey wrap around extension
266 Repton Road, Orpington, BR6 9JE
Received 22 Nov 2024 - Decision Made24/02949/RECON1
Minor material amendment under Section 19 of the Planning (Listed Building and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 of Listed Buildings Consent 24/02949/LBC for the Refurbishment of Grade II listed multi use building to provide sale of food and drink outlets at ground floor level (Use Class E(b)) and multi-use room at basement level, function hall and separate business centre at first floor level and refurbished hotel guest rooms on second and third floor levels, together with addition of single storey garden room extension to rear of the building, formation of French windows to match existing at ground floor side onto covered way, formation of lift enclosure at 2nd floor to provide extended lift access to bedroom floors, in order to vary Condition 2 of the approved plans to allow a lightweight structure on existing steel gantry adjacent to south elevation of the existing building at first floor and alterations to the consented shop front.
175 High Street, Bromley, BR1 1NN
Received 11 Apr 2025 - Decision Made25/01248/FULL6
Part single/two storey side extension and part single/two storey rear extension with first floor Juliet balcony, roof and elevational alterations.
47 Nightingale Road, Petts Wood, Orpington, BR5 1BH
Received 1 Apr 2025 - Decision Made23/04404/RECON
Removal of Condition No. 3 Landscaping (soft), of planning permission 23/04404/FULL1 dated 26 January 2024 (for Erection of black metal railings to highway boundary with Ravensbourne Avenue (RETROSPECTIVE) to omit landscaping requirement.
Shortlands Golf Club, Meadow Road, Bromley, BR2 0DX
Received 29 Apr 2025 - Decision Made24/03844/HHPA
Single storey rear extension, extending beyond the rear wall of the original house by 6m, for which the maximum height would be 3.5m, and for which the height of the eaves would be 2.66m (42 Day Notification for Householder Permitted Development Prior Approval)
52 Pickhurst Rise, West Wickham, BR4 0AL
Received 14 Oct 2024 - Decision Made25/01323/ELUD
Continued use of commercial site under Use Class ELAWFUL DEVELOPMENT CERTIFICATE (EXISTING)
3 Beckenham Road, West Wickham, BR4 0QR
Received 21 Mar 2025 - Decision Made25/00470/FULL1
Construction of a single-storey side extension with balustrade and roof terrace above, and continued use of the building as a children’s nursery for up to 42 children aged 0 to 5 years, with operating hours from 07:30 to 18:30, Monday to Friday.
Station House, Station Road, Penge, London, SE20 7BE
Received 4 Feb 2025 - Decision Made25/00846/FULL6
Construction of summerhouse at the rear of the garden on existing raised terrace.
3 Rochester Avenue, Bromley, BR1 3DB
Received 10 Mar 2025 - Decision Made25/01327/FULL6
Hip to gable loft conversion including rear dormer with Juliet balcony, side roof window, two front roof lights and elevational alterations
85 Cumberland Road, Shortlands, Bromley, BR2 0PL
Received 7 Apr 2025 - Decision Made25/01635/FULL6
Demolition of conservatory and construction of single storey rear extension with a white rendered external finish, parapet wall and flat roof.
62 Kedleston Drive, Orpington, BR5 2DS
Received 1 May 2025 - Decision Made24/04617/FULL6
Erection of new boundary wall and open electric metal gates with permeable driveway
49 Reddons Road, Beckenham, BR3 1LY
Received 11 Dec 2024 - Decision Made25/00490/FULL1
Conversion of existing first and second floor flats into a 7 bedroom 7 person HMO (Use Class - Sui Generis) with associated refuse and cycle storage.
5 High Street, Beckenham, BR3 1AZ
Received 10 Feb 2025 - Decision Made25/00030/FULL6
Demolition of garage/side extension, part one/two storey rear extension, loft conversion incorporating dormers to side and rear and rooflights to front and side elevational alterations, new fence/gate and planting to side boundary (revision to previously approved 24/03835/FULL6 to include loft conversion comprising of pitched dormers to side and rear, rooflights to side and front)
10 Manor Way, Petts Wood, Orpington, BR5 1NW
Received 7 Jan 2025 - Decision Made23/03759/CONDT5
Details submitted to comply with the requirements of the following conditions relating to planning permission 23/03759/FULL1:Condition 5 (Part a): Details of sound insulation
165 - 167 High Street, Orpington, BR6 0LW
Received 28 Mar 2024 - Decision Made22/00036/TREE
Willow A (very tall tree with an overhang of 5m from the boundary) - Remove all tree branches perpendicular to the boundary line.Willow B (very tall tree with an overhang of 3m from the boundary) - Remove all tree branches perpendicular to the boundary line.Willow C (tree with an overhang of 1m from the boundary) - Remove all tree branches perpendicular to the boundary line.
42 Durham Avenue, Shortlands, Bromley, BR2 0QB
Received 10 Jan 2022
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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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