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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 dates33,245Searchable applications
872Recorded as pending
79%Approval rate · 23,484 approved or refused records
4,895Refused applications
18,589 approved · 4,895 refused · 684 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 6 Mar 2020 to 2 Nov 2026. Most recent record check: 3 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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 Made25/05584/FPA
Demolish and replace existing business park buildings at Units 6, 7 and 8 together with a revised parking layout, landscaping and ancillary works.
KIMBERLEY BUSINESS PARK, BLACKNESS LANE, KESTON, BR2 6HL
Received 3 Dec 2025 - Decision Made25/05585/FPA
Demolish and replace existing business park buildings at Units 1 to 5 with 4 no. replacement buildings together with a revised parking layout, landscaping and ancillary works.
KIMBERLEY BUSINESS PARK, BLACKNESS LANE, KESTON, BR2 6HL
Received 3 Dec 2025 - Decision Made25/05586/HPA
Construction of outbuilding to rear of garden.
STONELEY, 14 DENBRIDGE ROAD, BICKLEY, BROMLEY, BR1 2AG
Received 3 Dec 2025 - Decision Made25/05587/HPA
Removal of chimney and retention of loft conversion with side dormers and hip to gable roof alteration.
19 ARTHUR ROAD, BIGGIN HILL, WESTERHAM, TN16 3DD
Received 3 Dec 2025 - Decision Made25/05588/HPA
Demolition of existing rear extension, construction of single storey rear extension and hip to gable loft conversion
155 EDEN WAY, BECKENHAM, BR3 3DR
Received 3 Dec 2025 - Decision Made25/05589/HPA
Part one/two storey side and rear extension
188 CROYDON ROAD, BROMLEY, BR2 7AE
Received 3 Dec 2025 - Decision Made25/05590/HPA
Demolition of rear conservatory, Construction of single storey front porch extension, two storey rear extension, first floor front extension and elevational alterations.
4 THE BIRCHES, ORPINGTON, BR6 8NH
Received 3 Dec 2025 - Decision Made25/05593/S73A
Variation of condition 3 of permission ref. 13/03254/FULL2 granted for change of use from hot food takeaway to mixed restaurant/hot food takeaway use with ventilation ducting at rear, in order to extend the opening hours until 12 midnight on Sundays to Thursdays and until 12.30am on Fridays and Saturdays
71 QUEENSWAY, PETTS WOOD, ORPINGTON, BR5 1DQ
Received 4 Dec 2025 - Decision Made25/05594/OUT
Demolition of the existing building and erection of 9 residential units – 3x three bedroom and 6x two bedroom self-contained flats. (Outline Application with some matters reserved).
2 ORCHARD ROAD, BROMLEY, BR1 2PS
Received 4 Dec 2025 - Decision Made25/05595/HPA
Erection of single storey rear extension
1 Sundridge Avenue, Bromley, BR1 2PU
Received 4 Dec 2025 - Decision Made25/03575/CON
Details submitted to comply with the requirements of the following conditions relating to planning permission 25/03575/FULL1: Condition 4: Refuse and recycling storage Condition 5: Cycle parking
11 MAPLETON CLOSE, BROMLEY, BR2 9DU
Received 4 Dec 2025 - Decision Made23/03256/CON
Details submitted to comply with the requirements of the following conditions relating to planning permission 23/03256/FULL1: Condition 3(a)- (c): Surface water drainage
LAND ADJACENT TO HILLSIDE, BERRYS GREEN ROAD, BERRYS GREEN, WESTERHAM
Received 4 Dec 2025 - Decision Made25/03874/CON
Details submitted to comply with the requirements of the following conditions relating to planning permission 25/03874/FPA: Condition 3 - Highways and Surface Water Drainage Condition 4 - Construction and Environmental Management Plan Condition 12 - Fixed Plant - Protection from Noise/Disturbance and Pollution
1 OXENDEN WOOD ROAD, ORPINGTON, BR6 6HR
Received 4 Dec 2025 - Decision Made25/05600/LDC
Old floodlights united to be removed from the existing masts and to be replaced by new LED light units.
NORMAN PARK COMMUNITY SPORTS CENTRE, NORMAN PARK, HAYES LANE, HAYES, BROMLEY, BR2 9EG
Received 4 Dec 2025 - Decision Made25/05601/FPA
Change use of a House in Multiple Occupation (Class C4) to a Children's Home for up to two children, with a manager or support worker and two carers who would stay overnight, working on a rota basis (Class C2).
58 ABBOTS WAY, BECKENHAM, BR3 3SF
Received 4 Dec 2025 - Decision Made25/05602/TCA
G1 Pair of Sycamore (dead) on front boundary - Fell to as close to ground level as possible. T2 Hornbeam (phototropic over roadway) - Fell to as close to ground level as possible.
17 ST GEORGES ROAD, BICKLEY, BROMLEY, BR1 2AU
Received 4 Dec 2025 - Decision Made25/05603/TCA
Beech tree (front garden) on the boundary of 19 and 21 Longdon Wood - Crown lift 4m, crown thin by 20% and crown reduce by 1m.
19 LONGDON WOOD, KESTON, BR2 6EN
Received 4 Dec 2025 - Decision Made25/05604/TPO
London Plane - Reduce overall crown height by up to 3m and reduce lateral spread by up to 2.5m, working back to suitable secondary growth points. Crown lift to achieve 5m clearance above the car park and roadway, removing or shortening only those branches necessary to achieve safe access for vehicles. Remove any deadwood ≥25mm diameter throughout the crown where present. SUBJECT TO TPO 2576 (7.11.2013)
WAVENEY COURT, 49 THE AVENUE, BECKENHAM, BR3 5EG
Received 3 Dec 2025 - Decision Made17/05065/S73A
Minor Material Amendment under Section 73 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 for the variation of Condition 3 (opening hours) of planning permission 17/05065/FULL2 (granted for the Change of use from A1 to D1 (Veterinary Surgery)) in order to allow an extension of opening hours to 07:30hrs to 18:30hrs Monday to Friday, and the removal of Condition 4 (restricting the number of veterinary staff) and Condition 6 (noise insulation scheme for animal areas).
61 HIGH STREET, GREEN STREET GREEN, ORPINGTON, BR6 6BQ
Received 4 Dec 2025 - Decision Made25/05607/HPA
Extend existing covered terrace area to rear
130 BARNFIELD WOOD ROAD, BECKENHAM, BR3 6SX
Received 4 Dec 2025 - Decision Made25/05608/HPA
Addition of two sets of entrance gates with brick piers serving the existing in and out drive.
GREYS, HEATHFIELD ROAD, KESTON, BR2 6BF
Received 4 Dec 2025 - Decision Made25/05609/TCA
G1 Large previously crown reduced Cherry tree & 3no. previously crown reduced Sycamore trees forming a group adjacent to the rear left boundary - Reduce the crowns of all these trees to the vicinity of the previous reduction points effectively removing approximately 1-1.5m of growth maintaining shape & form. Remove all significant dead wood present. H2 Section of Leyland Cypress hedge adjacent to the rear left boundary to the right of 1. & to the rear of the summer house - Trim/reduce the top to an even level to match the height of the Bamboo on the rear boundary. Trim the remaining inner (client's) side evenly to shape.
CHANCTONBURY, HEATHLEY END, CHISLEHURST, BR7 6AB
Received 4 Dec 2025 - Decision Made25/05614/HPA
Loft conversion comprising hip to gable with front rooflights. Single storey ground floor side/rear extension and elevational alterations.
7 BISHOPS AVENUE, BROMLEY, BR1 3ET
Received 4 Dec 2025 - Decision Made25/05615/HPA
Construction of outbuilding to rear garden.
1 WESTLAND DRIVE, HAYES, BROMLEY, BR2 7HE
Received 5 Dec 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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