Bromley planning news
Bromley planning news, newest first: applications, appeals and committee decisions, each story linked back to the council file.
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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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Beckenham
Beckenham Odeon Closes End of November, Not December
Odeon says it stops trading in Beckenham at the end of November 2026 after giving up its lease. No other cinema operator has shown interest, Citygate says.
Planning
Beckenham Padel Centre Approved Against Officers' Advice
Councillors approved the Creswell Drive padel and gym centre on protected open land, overruling officers. The Wharton Road children's home plan was pulled.
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.
Biggin Hill
The Old Jail, Biggin Hill: Plans In to Reopen It as a Pub
Kent pub group WH Pubs has applied to restore and extend The Old Jail on Jail Lane, shut since early 2023. Comments close 16 and 27 October.
Planning
Beckenham Padel Centre: Officers Urged Refusal, Now Approved
Officers say refuse the 7-court padel and tennis centre on the Creswell Drive field, despite 191 letters of support. Councillors decide on Thursday 8 October.
Council
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.
Beckenham
Beckenham Odeon Closes in November: Citygate's Church Plan
Odeon leaves Beckenham at the end of November 2026, and owner Citygate Church wants the Grade II cinema as a church. Its planning application is still to come.
Planning
Milk Street Nursery Asks to Keep 42 Children, Not 18
The Lighthouse Nursery at Halls Farm House has applied to keep a capacity of 42 children against a planning limit of 18. Comments close 14 October. Ofsted's record is here too.
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.
Planning
Chislehurst Co-op Opening Hours: Bid to Trade Until 11pm
The Co-op at 76 Green Lane has applied to trade from 7am to 11pm every day. Comments close on 5 October, and officers rather than councillors will decide.
Orpington
Orpington Data Centre: Green Belt Site Needs Full EIA
Bromley has ruled that a data centre proposed on green belt land at Charmwood Lane, Green Street Green, needs a full assessment. No application is lodged yet.
Planning
David Bowie House Bromley: Decision Due 23 September
Bromley Council's register gives 23 September as the decision date for the Bowie childhood home, and logs a committee call-in only 1 in 87 get.
Planning
Bromley Central Library's old home cleared for shops or gyms
Permission granted on 18 August turns the old library floors by the Churchill Theatre into shops, cafes, gyms, clinics or offices, and reclads the facade.
Housing
52 affordable homes approved for Orpington and Mottingham
Bromley has approved 42 council homes on Poverest Road, Orpington and 10 more on Castlecombe Road, Mottingham, all for households on its housing register.