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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 dates33,856Searchable applications
891Recorded as pending
79%Approval rate · 23,947 approved or refused records
4,977Refused applications
18,970 approved · 4,977 refused · 699 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 28 Jan 2020 to 3 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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 Made26/00651/HPA
Single storey side and rear extension, loft extension and roof alterations including rear and front dormers.
15 FAIRFIELD ROAD, PETTS WOOD, ORPINGTON, BR5 1JR
Received 19 Feb 2026 - Decision Made26/00652/LDC
Proposed use of existing dwelling by a small religious community of up to four people living together as a single household [Class C3(c)]. LAWFUL DEVELOPMENT CERTIFICATE (PROPOSED)
66 HAYES LANE, HAYES, BROMLEY, BR2 9EE
Received 19 Feb 2026 - Decision Made26/00653/HPA
Three ground floor rear extensions. Ground floor front entrance extension to accommodate entrance hall & lower ground floor new plant room. Reduction of existing car garage. Infilling of the front covered terrace at raised ground floor. First floor rear extension. Front dormer window replacement and adjustments to roofline. Roof coverings to replace existing, External plant with heating and cooling system, External finishes modifications including removal of mock Tudor cladding, staining of existing grey brick quoins and changes to windowsills and heads.
Mole End, Camden Way, Chislehurst, BR7 5HT
Received 19 Feb 2026 - Decision Made26/00654/HPA
Demolition of rear/side outbuilding. Single storey wraparound extension.
21 LOCKESLEY DRIVE, ORPINGTON, BR5 2AA
Received 19 Feb 2026 - Decision Made26/00655/HPA
Single storey rear extension
20 WINDERMERE ROAD, WEST WICKHAM, BR4 9AW
Received 19 Feb 2026 - Valid26/00656/FPA
Demolition of existing dwellinghouse and erection of 2 storey dwellinghouse (self build/custom build) with additional roofscape accommodation, associated parking and landscaping.
3 CARDINAL CLOSE, CHISLEHURST, BR7 6SA
Received 19 Feb 2026 - Decision Made26/00658/TCA
Horse Chestnut (T200) - Reduce height by approximately 2m and radial spread by approximately 1.5m. Rebalance crown on completion. Excavations by UKPN in November 2025 identified signs of historical root loss close to tree base. Compensatory reduction pruning is planned as a precautionary measure. Approximate dimensions on completion: height = 12m, radial spread = 5m.
PARK AVENUE, FARNBOROUGH, ORPINGTON
Received 19 Feb 2026 - Decision Made26/00659/TCA
Robinia 'Frisia' to front of property (adjacent Larch Dene) - Fell tree to ground level and grind stump. Plant replacement trees.
WISHING WELL, SUNNYDALE, ORPINGTON, BR6 8LZ
Received 19 Feb 2026 - Decision Made26/00660/LDC
Lawful implementation of planning permission 22/00864/FULL1 via the part construction of trench fill foundations LAWFUL DEVELOPMENT CERTIFICATE (EXISTING)
THE CHANTRY, MOTTINGHAM LANE, MOTTINGHAM, LONDON, SE9 4RW
Received 19 Feb 2026 - Decision Made26/00661/FPA
Retention of ATM to front and associated illuminated signage
10-12 CHILHAM WAY, HAYES, BROMLEY, BR2 7PR
Received 19 Feb 2026 - Decision Made26/00662/HPA
Conversion of garage to habitable room, single storey side/rear extension, first floor side extension and removal of chimney.
8 BEACONSFIELD ROAD, MOTTINGHAM, LONDON, SE9 4DJ
Received 19 Feb 2026 - Decision Made26/00663/HPA
Loft conversion incorporating raising the ridge height and two rear dormers
Cameron Mead Road, Chislehurst, BR7 6AD
Received 19 Feb 2026 - Decision Made26/00664/TCA
x3 Willow trees (one on left side of rear boundary and two on left side boundary in rear garden - Pollard back to previous cut points.
16 THE GLEN, ORPINGTON, BR6 8LR
Received 19 Feb 2026 - Decision Made26/00665/LDC
Outbuilding to rear of garden
11 GLYNDEBOURNE PARK, ORPINGTON, BR6 8EX
Received 19 Feb 2026 - Decision Made25/04281/S73A
Minor Material Amendment under S73 of the Town and Country Planning Act to planning permission ref 25/04281/FPA “Four storey rear extension, upward mansard roof extension, Extension, conversion and subdivision of two existing buildings to create 6 new dwellings in addition to the 3 existing dwellings and the two shops. Shops to be retained.” in order to vary condition 2 and 9 to allow for changes to the approved plans to facilitate the relocation of the proposed bike store to the rear curtilage and retention of the original commercial unit floor space at No50.
48 ANERLEY HILL, ANERLEY, LONDON, SE19 2AE
Received 19 Feb 2026 - Decision Made26/00667/TPO
T1 Ash on rear boundary - Fell to 1.5m from ground level SUBJECT TO TPO 353 (12.12.1986)
42 THE COVERT, PETTS WOOD, ORPINGTON, BR6 0BU
Received 19 Feb 2026 - Decision Made25/01994/S73A2
Minor Material Amendment under Section 73 of the Town and Country Planning Act to planning permission reference 25/01994/FULL6 in order to vary Condition 2 to allow for changes to the approved plans to include reconfiguration of the rear façade, additional conservation-style rooflight and replacement of garage door with timber sash windows to the front elevation of proposed garage.
22 BARNMEAD ROAD, BECKENHAM, BR3 1JE
Received 19 Feb 2026 - Decision Made26/00669/TPO
T1 Hawthorn - Fell to ground level. T2 Hawthorn - Fell to ground level. T3 Oak tree - Remove lowest limb. SUBJECT TO TPO 297 (16.6.1986)
13 YORK RISE, ORPINGTON, BR6 8PR
Received 9 Feb 2026 - Decision Made26/00670/TPO
T1 Ash tree - 2m reduction. T2 Oak - 2m reduction. SUBJECT TO TPO BB3 1958
6 WALDEN PARADE, WALDEN ROAD, CHISLEHURST, BR7 5DW
Received 10 Feb 2026 - Decision Made26/00671/TPO
To carry out excavations and potentially root-pruning within the nominal calculated Root Protection Areas of the x3 Pine trees located at 7 Berger Close within the footprint of the extension proposed under 24/02052/PLUD and beyond the extension footprint only to the extent required to create a mini-piling foundation trench for said extension and to connect a bottle gully to the main drain, within the boundary of Number 5 Berger Close. SUBJECT TO TPO 351 (12.12.1986)
7 BERGER CLOSE, PETTS WOOD, ORPINGTON, BR5 1HR
Received 16 Feb 2026 - Decision Made26/00672/HPA
Two storey side extension with Juliet balcony and single storey rear extension at upper ground floor level (on top of existing basement), 2 x rear roof lights and elevational alterations
66 THE GROVE, BIGGIN HILL, WESTERHAM, TN16 3TD
Received 19 Feb 2026 - Decision Made26/00673/HPA
Replacement of 5 single glazed timber sash windows with 5 double glazed timber sash windows (3 to the front aspect, 1 to the side aspect and 1 to the rear aspect). Replacement of 1 single glazed timber casement window with 1 double glazed timber casement window (side aspect).
57 PARISH LANE, PENGE, LONDON, SE20 7JP
Received 20 Feb 2026 - Decision Made26/00674/NOT
Change of use of existing agricultural building to Class C3 Dwellinghouse and elevational alterations (56 day application for prior approval in respect of transport and highway impacts, noise impacts, contamination risks, flooding risks, location or siting, design or external appearance, and natural light, under Class Q of Part 3 of schedule 2 of the GPDO 2015 as amended).
LONE BARN FARM, EAST HALL ROAD, ORPINGTON, BR5 4EZ
Received 19 Feb 2026 - Decision Made26/00675/FPA
Demolition of the existing youth centre building and redevelopment of the site to provide 10 affordable houses (including family housing) arranged as a two-storey terrace with associated access, parking, landscaping, refuse stores and cycle stores.
CASTLECOMBE YOUTH CENTRE, CASTLECOMBE ROAD, MOTTINGHAM, LONDON, SE9 4AT
Received 20 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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