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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 dates31,826Searchable applications
878Recorded as pending
79%Approval rate · 22,325 approved or refused records
4,657Refused applications
17,668 approved · 4,657 refused · 637 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 23 Jun 2020 to 30 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 1 Nov 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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 Made25/03699/HPA
Two storey front porch extension, single storey front extension to existing garage, alterations to main roof to include raising of the central part, new dormer structure to rear, alterations front dormers, elevational alterations to include timber cladding over existing brickwork and fenestration changes, rear pergola and alterations to rear patio. Retrospective. (Revisions to planning permission 23/04892/FULL6 and 23/04892/RECON1).
2 MANOR PLACE, CHISLEHURST, BR7 5QH
Received 29 Jul 2025 - Decision Made25/03700/FPA
Removal of existing structures/containers. Erection of single storey MOT workshop building. (Revised details/plans).
BOUNDARY GARAGE, 85-87 SEVENOAKS ROAD, ORPINGTON, BR6 9JW
Received 22 Jul 2025 - Decision Made25/03701/FPA
Provision of two storey temporary classroom for a period of 9 months. (RETROSPECTIVE)
BROMLEY HIGH SCHOOL FOR GIRLS, BLACKBROOK LANE, BICKLEY, BROMLEY, BR1 2TW
Received 30 Jul 2025 - Decision Made25/03705/LDC
Single storey side extension LAWFUL DEVELOPMENT CERTIFICATE (PROPOSED)
45 AVONDALE ROAD, BROMLEY, BR1 4HS
Received 30 Jul 2025 - Decision Made25/03702/HPA
Proposed first floor rear extension, elevational alterations.
48 PARK AVENUE, ORPINGTON, BR6 9EH
Received 30 Jul 2025 - Decision Made25/03703/TPO
T1 Large Pine - Fell to ground level. SUBJECT TO TPO 1898 (25.3.2002)
16 CRAB HILL, BECKENHAM, BR3 5HE
Received 30 Jul 2025 - Decision Made21/04098/CON4
Details submitted to comply with the requirements of the following conditions relating to planning permission 21/04098/FULL1 Condition 8 - Balcony privacy screening Condition 9 - Highway Drainage Condition 16 - Flood Risk Assessment
BEECHBROOK HOUSE, LUBBOCK ROAD, CHISLEHURST, BR7 5JL
Received 30 Jul 2025 - Decision Made25/03706/TCA
Oak x 2 - Reduce the height and spread by up to 1-2m. Crown thin by removing epicormic growth.
30 THE CHENIES, PETTS WOOD, ORPINGTON, BR6 0ED
Received 30 Jul 2025 - Decision Made25/03707/FPA
Erection of single storey rear infill extension and elevational alterations including front door and roof canopy
57 LIDDON ROAD, BROMLEY, BR1 2SR
Received 30 Jul 2025 - Decision Made25/03708/TCA
Holly - Reduce by 1 - 2m and trim remaining sides as hard as practical retaining the rounded form.
74 GRAVEL ROAD, BROMLEY, BR2 8PN
Received 30 Jul 2025 - Decision Made25/03709/TPO
Ash x 2 - Section fell to 8m from ground level. SUBJECT TO TPO 186 (12.7.1984)
122 WORLDS END LANE, ORPINGTON, BR6 6AS
Received 30 Jul 2025 - Decision Made25/03710/TCA
Silver Birch tree - Remove.
FARFIELD, 43 PARK AVENUE, FARNBOROUGH, ORPINGTON, BR6 8LH
Received 15 Jul 2025 - Decision Made21/03108/CON
Details submitted to comply with the requirements of the following conditions relating to planning permission 21/03108/FULL1: Condition 3 - Construction and Environmental Management Plan Condition 4 - Cycle parking Condition 5 - Details of a scheme to light the access drive and car parking areas Condition 6 - Highway Drainage Condition 7 - Details of parking spaces and/or garages and sufficient turning space Condition 8 - External Materials
123A FRAMLINGHAM CRESCENT, MOTTINGHAM, LONDON, SE9 4AJ
Received 30 Jul 2025 - Decision Made23/00848/AMD1
Non-material amendment application under Section 96a of the Town & Country Planning Act 1990 in connection with the planning reference 23/00848/FULL1 dated 08.04.2024 to amend planning condition 2 (approved drawings) to allow:- Alterations to access, cycle spaces, EV spaces and car parking spaces
Frankie & Benny's, Farnborough Way, Orpington, BR6 7DH
Received 30 Jul 2025 - Decision Made25/03716/LDC
Single Storey side extension, internal alterations & floor plan redesign LAWFUL DEVELOPMENT CERTIFICATE (PROPOSED)
32 STIRLING DRIVE, ORPINGTON, BR6 9DN
Received 30 Jul 2025 - Decision Made25/03718/LDC
Hip to gable roof alteration to existing loft extension and new window to side LAWFUL DEVELOPMENT CERTIFICATE (PROPOSED)
277 SOUTHBOROUGH LANE, BROMLEY, BR2 8BG
Received 30 Jul 2025 - Decision Made25/03719/TPO
T1 Maple - Reduce lateral limbs on property side by 1.5-2m and, crown lift by up to 2m. SUBJECT TO TPO 2371 (1.6.2010)
111A ELDRED DRIVE, ORPINGTON, BR5 4PE
Received 7 Jul 2025 - Decision Made25/03720/HPA
Demolition of existing garage and construction of single storey rear extension and loft conversion.
79 CONSTANCE CRESCENT, HAYES, BROMLEY, BR2 7QG
Received 23 Jul 2025 - Decision Made25/03721/HPA
Single storey rear/side/front extension with part conversion of existing double garage, elevational alterations.
FAITHLEGG, 31 ORCHARD ROAD, BROMLEY, BR1 2PR
Received 31 Jul 2025 - Valid25/03722/TPO
G1 - x2 Lime on corner of Cookham Dene Close - Reduce lower branches to provide clearance of approximately 3m from ground level including basal and epicormic growth. SUBJECT TO TPO 159 (24.11.1982)
COOKHAM DENE CLOSE, CHISLEHURST
Received 31 Jul 2025 - Valid25/03723/TPO
T1 Cedar in rear middle garden - Reduce height by up to 2m from 20m leaving the crown height no less than 18m. Reduce north-east crown spread by up to 1m from 9m leaving a residual north-east crown spread of no less than 8m. Reduce south-east crown by careful and selective 'drop crotch' pruning techniques with the aim of retaining the overall crown dimensions but pruning in (by up to approx. 2m) longer, heavier branch tips to lighten outer tips of crown. Remove all dead wood over 25mm. T2 Copper beech on rear right boundary (neighbours) - Reduce clients side by no more than 2m. T3 Leyland Cypress on rear right boundary - Reduce back to boundary. T5 Yew on rear left boundary - Reduce back to boundary. T6 Ash on rear left boundary - Reduce back to boundary up to a height of 6m. T7 Red robin on rear left boundary - Reduce height and average radial spread of tree by approximately 2m and 2m respectively, taking care to prune to live secondary growth points. T8 Ash on rear left boundary - Reduce away from Cedar to give clearance of up to 0.5m. V1 Vegetation on rear boundary - Cut all vegetation to 3m from rear boundary. T4 Sycamore on rear boundary - Reduce height and average radial spread of tree by approximately 3m and 2m respectively, taking care to prune to live secondary growth points. SUBJECT TO TPO BB 3 1958
19 SYLVESTER AVENUE, CHISLEHURST, BR7 5ED
Received 31 Jul 2025 - Decision Made25/03724/LDC
Proposed outbuilding/summer house replacement to existing detached garage LAWFUL DEVELOPMENT CERTIFICATE (PROPOSED)
76 ARUNDEL DRIVE, ORPINGTON, BR6 9JG
Received 31 Jul 2025 - Decision Made25/03726/HPA
Garage conversion to habitable room and elevational alterations.
16 INGLEBY WAY, CHISLEHURST, BR7 6DD
Received 31 Jul 2025 - Decision Made25/03725/FPA
Demolition of existing garage and construction of a single storey garage.
Land Adjacent to 5 Maybury Close, Petts Wood, Orpington, BR5 1BL
Received 31 Jul 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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