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Bromley Planning Call-Ins: 7 in 10 Barred From 31 October
Councillors called in 97 Bromley planning applications in a year. About 70% could not go to committee under the national rules that start on 31 October.
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St Paul's Cray Councillor Dean Miller Now an Independent
Dean Miller, elected for Reform UK in St Paul's Cray in May, is now listed by the council as an Independent after an ITV investigation. Reform has 5 seats.
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Bromley Foster Carers for Teenagers Paid Up to £557 a Week
Bromley pays foster carers of 16 and 17-year-olds £557.27 a week, about £29,000 a year. The council wants more homes for teenagers; sessions from 27 October.
Planning
Bromley Planning This Week: 8 Flats on a Penge Roof
All 33 applications Bromley registered from 1 to 7 October: eight flats on top of Cortland House in Penge, five barn conversions at Lone Barn Farm, a sensory garden at Perry Hall. Plus the week's decisions.
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Bromley Council Asked to Condemn New Planning Rules
On 12 October councillors vote to shrink the planning committee and on a motion calling the government's changes anti-democratic. Plus Waldo Road questions.
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Bromley Council This Week: Standards Committee, 1 Complaint
One meeting in the next seven days: the Standards Committee, Wednesday 30 September, 7pm. One complaint against a councillor in 14 months, no breach found.
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Blenheim Centre Orpington: £4.5m Works From February 2027
Orpington's Blenheim Children and Family Centre gets an 18-month, £4.5m rebuild from February 2027. Age Concern's day centre and the contact centres move in.
Council
Ombudsman Faults Bromley Council 3 More Times on EHC Plans
Three more upheld Ombudsman findings on Bromley EHC plans: a transfer left five months, a placement never found, a review eight months late. £1,000 to be paid.
Planning
Bromley Planning This Week: Nursery Bid Among 27 New
All 27 applications Bromley registered from 17 to 22 September: a Milk Street nursery seeking 42 children, up to 9 homes behind Fishers Wood Grove, a padel club redesign.
Council
Bromley Family Hubs: Four Named, Six Centres Open Now
The Executive endorsed four Family Hub localities on 16 September: Community Vision, Castlecombe, Blenheim and Biggin Hill. The borough runs six centres today.
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Bromley Appoints Andrew Carter to Lead Children's Services
Andrew Carter returns to Bromley as Director of Children, Education and Families. He inherits an outstanding Ofsted rating and a £57.6m schools deficit.
Air quality
Bromley Air Quality Plan: Wood Burners Are 25% of PM2.5
Bromley's draft air quality plan puts a quarter of the borough's fine particle pollution on home wood burning. The consultation is open until 18 October.
Dogs
Bromley Dog Rules: Cemetery Ban Dropped, £100 Fine Stays
Bromley's dog control order runs three more years from 1 October, unchanged. The cemetery ban put to residents is out: 331 of 719 who answered opposed it.
Council
Bromley Council Pays £11,660 for 20 Months Missed Support
A young person in Bromley went 20 months without the support his EHC plan promised. The council fixes just 2% of upheld cases early, against 14% elsewhere.
Recycling
Waldo Road Tip Reopens in November, 21 Months Shut
Bromley's Waldo Road tip reopens mid-November, about six months later than the council forecast. You will need a booking. Where to take waste until then.
Roads
Bromley road repairs: FM Conway takes on £106m contracts
FM Conway now fixes Bromley's roads, pavements, street lights and drains under three contracts worth an estimated £106m over six years from 1 July 2026.