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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 dates33,807Searchable applications
865Recorded as pending
79%Approval rate · 23,928 approved or refused records
4,971Refused applications
18,957 approved · 4,971 refused · 699 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 29 Jan 2020 to 2 Nov 2026. Most recent record check: 4 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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 Made26/00593/HPA
Detached outbuilding to rear garden for use as hobby room
7 ETON ROAD, ORPINGTON, BR6 9HD
Received 16 Feb 2026 - Decision Made26/00594/FPA
Single storey rear extension at ground floor to provide additional office/storage space.
164 MAPLE ROAD, PENGE, LONDON, SE20 8JB
Received 16 Feb 2026 - Decision Made26/00595/HPA
Single storey rear extension, hip to gable loft conversion comprising rear dormer with Juliet balcony, window to side and rooflight to front, elevational alterations.
16 Glen View Road, Bickley, Bromley, BR1 2QQ
Received 16 Feb 2026 - Decision Made23/02641/S73A
Minor Material Amendment under S73 of the Town and Country Planning Act to Planning permission ref: 23/02641/FULL6 (granted for Summer house to rear of garden) to vary condition 2 (Approved Plans) & condition 3 (Materials) to allow for changes to the fenestration in the front elevation, materials and to add a single storey side extension.
48 PARK AVENUE, BROMLEY, BR1 4EE
Received 16 Feb 2026 - Decision Made26/00597/TPO
2 x Oak trees - Reduce canopy by approximately 1m. SUBJECT TO TPO 1122 (18.8.1994)
82 SOUTH EDEN PARK ROAD, BECKENHAM, BR3 3BD
Received 16 Feb 2026 - Decision Made26/00598/HPA
Single storey rear extension and hip to gable loft conversion comprising rear dormer with Juliet balcony and rooflights to front.
19 BRAEMAR GARDENS, WEST WICKHAM, BR4 0JN
Received 16 Feb 2026 - Decision Made26/00599/LDC
Single storey rear extension to replace existing conservatory (same footprint). LAWFUL DEVELOPMENT CERTIFICATE (PROPOSED)
109 LOWER CAMDEN, CHISLEHURST, BR7 5JD
Received 16 Feb 2026 - Decision Made26/00601/FPA
Erection of barn for poultry rearing and egg production, with associated food silos, outdoor enclosures, hard surfacing, access to the highway.
Land West Of Knockholt Farm, New Years Lane, Knockholt
Received 16 Feb 2026 - Decision Made25/04281/CON
Details submitted to comply with the requirements of the following conditions relating to planning permission 25/04281/FPA: Condition 3 - Construction and Environmental Management Plan Condition 4 - Landscaping Condition 5 - External materials Condition 6 - Refuse and Recycling Management Plan Condition 7 - External noise Condition 8 - Internal noise
48 ANERLEY HILL, ANERLEY, LONDON, SE19 2AE
Received 16 Feb 2026 - Decision Made26/00604/ADJ
Construction of four Traveller pitches comprising a 4 × 10m static caravan, space for a 2.55 × 10m mobile caravan, a utility block with green roof, one car parking space and associated Grasscrete hardstanding per pitch, together with the extension of the existing access road and formation of a new turning head, boundary treatments, acoustic fencing to the railway, soft landscaping and all associated works on land north of Pool Court (Phase 2), Fordmill Road SE6 (CONSULTATION BY LONDON BOROUGH OF LEWISHAM)
POOL COURT FORDMILL ROAD LONDON SE6 3JQ
Received 11 Feb 2026 - Decision Made26/00606/LDC
Existing use as a 6 bedroom HMO (Use Class C4) LAWFUL DEVELOPMENT CERTIFICATE (EXISTING)
177 HOMESDALE ROAD, BROMLEY, BR1 2QL
Received 16 Feb 2026 - Decision Made26/00607/HPA
Retention of single storey rear extension.
43 MERLIN GROVE, BECKENHAM, BR3 3HR
Received 16 Feb 2026 - Decision Made24/04823/AMD
Non-material amendments under Section 96a of the Town and Country Planning Act to development granted planning permission under reference 25/00889/FULL6 (Demolition of chimney, construction of single storey rear extension, storey side infill extension between house and garage, single storey front porch extension and addition of front bay window, Loft conversion with roof alterations and increase of roof height with front roof lights, rear gable end with Juliet balcony, alterations to existing balcony and rear dormer with Juliet balcony and elevational alterations to include renewal of all windows, rendering and cladding. Formation of additional vehicular access) to amend the depth of the existing first floor rear balcony.
The White House, Raggleswood, Chislehurst, BR7 5NH
Received 16 Feb 2026 - Decision Made26/00610/TPO
(TG1) Group of Oak and Plum trees at rear of No. 49 Welbeck Avenue - Reduce small Plum saplings (currently 4.0m) to 2.5m Reduce heights of Oak trees from 6.5m to 3.9m and crown spreads from 4.0m to 2.4m. (TG2) x6 Oak trees at rear of No. 47 Welbeck Avenue - Reduce heights from 6.0m to 3.6m and crown spreads from 3.5m to 2.1m. SUBJECT TO TPO 2672 (3.9.2019)
Playing Fields, Thornton Road, Bromley, BR1 5EB
Received 16 Feb 2026 - Decision Made24/03198/CON1
Details submitted to comply with the requirements of the following conditions relating to planning permission 24/03198/FULL1: Condition 6 – Hard and soft landscaping and boundary treatments Condition 7 – Refuse storage Condition 8 – Secured by Design measures
WALNUTS LEISURE CENTRE, LYCH GATE ROAD, ORPINGTON, BR6 0TJ
Received 16 Feb 2026 - Decision Made24/03198/AMD
Non-material amendment application under S96a of the Town and Country Planning Act to planning permission reference 24/03198/FULL1 to allow: External material changes from brick slip facades to grey render, repositioning substation, and installation of solar PV roof panels.
WALNUTS LEISURE CENTRE, LYCH GATE ROAD, ORPINGTON, BR6 0TJ
Received 16 Feb 2026 - Decision Made26/00614/HPA
Raised ridge line to accommodate rear dormer loft extension with Juliet balcony, side roof window and three front roof lights
9 BRIAR LANE, WEST WICKHAM, BR4 9RA
Received 16 Feb 2026 - Decision Made26/00615/HPA
Single storey rear extension with roof lantern and elevational alterations
9 BRIAR LANE, WEST WICKHAM, BR4 9RA
Received 16 Feb 2026 - Decision Made26/00616/FPA
Installation of kitchen extraction ductwork and associated plant to the rear of the building.
36 MARKET SQUARE, BROMLEY, BR1 1NF
Received 17 Feb 2026 - Decision Made26/00617/HPA
Erection of a detached outbuilding within the rear garden to provide ancillary living accommodation
19 BOLEYN GARDENS, WEST WICKHAM, BR4 9NG
Received 17 Feb 2026 - Decision Made26/00618/HPA
Garage conversion to habitable space, single storey rear extension and elevational alterations.
1 BARNHILL AVENUE, BROMLEY, BR2 9DP
Received 17 Feb 2026 - Decision Made26/00619/TCA
T1 Pine - Fell to ground level.
UK Power Networks Substation , Ashfield Lane, Marlowe Close, BR7 6ND
Received 17 Feb 2026 - Decision Made26/00620/HPA
Single-storey rear extension
108 RIDGEWAY DRIVE, BROMLEY, BR1 5DD
Received 17 Feb 2026 - Decision Made25/04188/CON
Details submitted to comply with the requirements of the following conditions relating to planning permission 25/04188/FPA: Condition 3 – Construction and Environmental Management Plan Condition 4(i) – Kitchen extract details Condition 5 – No residents parking permit
165-167 HIGH STREET, ORPINGTON, BR6 0LW
Received 17 Feb 2026
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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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