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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 dates26,752Searchable applications
844Recorded as pending
79%Approval rate · 18,500 approved or refused records
3,970Refused applications
14,530 approved · 3,970 refused · 510 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 7 Apr 2021 to 23 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 25 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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 Made23/01930/PLUD
Erect a single storey bicycle/garden store to the side of the property.LAWFUL DEVELOPMENT CERTIFICATE (PROPOSED)
31 Brooklyn Road, Bromley, BR2 9SD
Received 18 May 2023 - Decision Made23/02640/FULL1
Conversion of existing three bedroom first floor flat (Class C3) into 5 single emergency accommodation rooms (Sui Generis)
United Reformed Church, 20 Widmore Road, Bromley, BR1 1RY
Received 10 Jul 2023 - Decision Made23/04263/FULL6
Demolition of existing garage and ground floor side extension.
82 Palace View, Bromley, BR1 3ER
Received 8 Nov 2023 - Decision Made23/03023/PLUD
Erection of outbuilding and loft conversion with 2x rear dormers .LAWFUL DEVELOPMENT CERTIFICATE (PROPOSED)
The Vicarage, 15 St James's Avenue, Beckenham, BR3 4HF
Received 4 Aug 2023 - Decision Made20/01025/RECON2
Variation of condition 2 of permission granted under reference 20/01025/RECON for ''Variation of condition 2 of permission 20/01025/FULL6 (granted for minor material amendment to permission granted under reference 19/04977/FULL6 for conversion of existing garage, first floor front/side and rear extensions, loft conversion incorporating an increase in roof height, elevational alterations and addition of attached garage) to allow further amendment to the approved scheme comprising the construction of a first floor front extension
94 Barnfield Wood Road, Beckenham, BR3 6SX
Received 21 Jun 2023 - Decision Made23/00179/FULL1
Conversion of an existing first floor window, located in side elevation of property, to an external door together with the installation an external metal spiral fire escape & staircase.
2 Foxbury Road, Bromley, BR1 4DQ
Received 18 Jan 2023 - Decision Made23/04550/FULL6
Infill kitchen side extension, rear dining room extension, dormer loft conversion with addition of skylights.
13 Blenheim Road, Bickley, Bromley, BR1 2EX
Received 28 Nov 2023 - Decision Made21/03120/RECON
Minor material amendment under Section 73 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 of Prior Approval permission reference DC/21/03120/RESPA as varied by Non-Material Amendment reference: DC/21/03120/AMD to: Change of use of Class B1(a) office to Class C3 Residential to form 72 residential units. (56 day application for prior approval in respect of transport and highways, contamination, flooding, noise impacts, natural light to habitable rooms under Class O Part 3 of the GPDO), in order to allow the variation of the approved plans to allow amendments to the layout of the ground floor, first floor and second floors of each building.
Y Buildings, Bromley Civic Centre, Stockwell Close, Bromley
Received 9 Nov 2023 - Decision Made23/03639/PLUD
Hip to gable loft conversion with rear dormer LAWFUL DEVELOPMENT CERTIFICATE (PROPOSED)
456 Southborough Lane, Bromley, BR2 8BH
Received 25 Sept 2023 - Decision Made24/00905/FULL6
Single storey rear extension. Loft conversion with hip to gable roof alteration, rear dormer and roof lights to the front and rear.
10 Renton Drive, Orpington, BR5 4HH
Received 11 Mar 2024 - Decision Made23/03883/FULL6
Hip to gable loft conversion with rear dormer, part one/two storey rear extension 2x front rooflights and elevational alterations
38 Broomwood Road, Orpington, BR5 2JH
Received 11 Oct 2023 - Decision Made24/00048/FULL1
Erection of three stables, tack room and hay store utilising existing access onto Skibbs Lane.
Glenville, Skibbs Lane, Orpington
Received 8 Jan 2024 - Decision Made23/03749/FULL2
Change of use of ground floor shop from Class E (commercial, business and service) to Class E (nail salon and sale of nail products)
69 Chatterton Road, Bromley, BR2 9QQ
Received 28 Sept 2023 - Decision Made23/04575/PLUD
Demolition of chimney stack. Conversion of integral garage to habitable accommodation with insertion of a window to front elevation. LAWFUL DEVELOPMENT CERTIFICATE (PROPOSED)
178 Leesons Hill, Chislehurst, BR7 6QL
Received 29 Nov 2023 - Decision Made23/03236/HHPA
Single storey rear extension, extending beyond the rear wall of the original house by 5m, for which the maximum height would be 3.44m, and for which the height of the eaves would be 3.0m (42 Day Notification for Householder Permitted Development Prior Approval)
64 Merlin Grove, Beckenham, BR3 3HU
Received 23 Aug 2023 - Decision Made24/00012/FULL6
Demolition of existing conservatory. Construction of part one/two storey rear and side extensions with garage conversion, front rooflights, new rear dormers and new vehicle access.
3 Grange Drive, Orpington, BR6 7NA
Received 4 Jan 2024 - Decision Made24/00028/FULL1
Demolition of existing garage, elevational alterations to retained storage/outbuilding (including installation of windows, roof lantern and porch canopy) and change of use of resultant structure from outbuilding to 2 bedroom residential dwelling with associated refuse and cycle store.
47 Station Approach, Hayes, Bromley, BR2 7EB
Received 5 Jan 2024 - Decision Made23/04789/FULL6
Demolition of existing garage. Construction of a two storey side/rear extension and single storey rear extension
107 Copers Cope Road, Beckenham, BR3 1NY
Received 14 Dec 2023 - Decision Made24/01739/FULL1
Retention of highway access gate, hard surfacing, stable, storage container, and engineering works to embankment, to facilitate agricultural use (small holding). (RETROSPECTIVE) (Amended drawing).
Land Adjoining Holwood Farm House, Shire Lane, Keston
Received 6 May 2024 - Decision Made24/01307/CUETC3
Change of use of first floor from Use Class E (Commercial, Business and Service) to Use Class C3 (Dwellinghouses) to form 4 residential units, under Class MA, Part 3, Schedule 2 of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) Order 2015 (as amended) (56 day application for prior approval in respect of transport and highways impacts, contamination risks, flood risk, noise impacts, character or sustainability of a conservation area, provision of natural light to habitable rooms, impact on an area of general or heavy industry, impact of loss of services provided by a registered nursery or a health centre, fire safety impacts).
3 Beckenham Road, Beckenham, BR3 4ES
Received 28 Mar 2024 - Decision Made24/02556/FULL6
Single storey side/rear extension.
30 Liddon Road, Bromley, BR1 2SS
Received 5 Jul 2024 - Decision Made22/05002/RECON1
Minor Material Amendment under S73 to Planning permission ref: 22/05002/FULL1 in order to amend condition 2 and vary the approved plans allowing for alterations to parking/access layout.
11 Hartfield Road, West Wickham, BR4 9DA
Received 12 Jul 2024 - Decision Made24/01533/FULL6
Single storey rear extension and rear garden ramp, infill side extension with front entrance ramp and elevational alterations.
62 Ridgeway Crescent, Orpington, BR6 9QP
Received 22 Apr 2024 - Decision Made24/01937/FULL6
Replace the existing conservatory with a single storey rear extension, add a first floor side extension over the existing kitchen and elevational alterations.
80 Cattistock Road, Mottingham, London, SE9 4AN
Received 21 May 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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