Planning decisions in Bromley

How long Bromley takes to decide a planning application and how many it approves, from the 1,922 decisions it made in the twelve months to August 2026. Days run from validation to decision, the clock the council reports against; the wait from receipt is shown beside it. How the figures are made.

56 daysmedian from validation to decision (UK 52); 57 from receipt
76%decided within eight weeks (UK 73%), 95% within thirteen
78%approved (UK 89%): 1,326 approved, 374 refused, 15 withdrawn
254 of 322UK rank for speed, up 5 places on last year; 308 of 322 for approvals
056 September 2025: 66 days, 296 decisionsSeptOctober 2025: 72 days, 445 decisionsOctNovember 2025: 68 days, 479 decisionsNovDecember 2025: 57 days, 403 decisionsDecJanuary 2026: 24 days, 3 decisionsJanFebruary 2026: 48 days, 79 decisionsFebMarch 2026: 55 days, 282 decisionsMarApril 2026: 58 days, 312 decisionsAprMay 2026: 59 days, 333 decisionsMayJune 2026: 64 days, 283 decisionsJunJuly 2026: 57 days, 325 decisionsJulAugust 2026: 56 days, 305 decisionsAug
Median days from validation to decision, by month of decision. Dashed line: UK median (52 days). Grid at 56 and 91 days, the eight and thirteen week targets.

By kind of application

KindMedian daysWithin 8 weeksApprovedDecisionsUK rank
Householder applications5679%76%73898 of 158
Tree works3575%97%34398 of 261
Lawful development certificates5677%78%262223 of 256
Full applications5658%63%185158 of 298
Amendments3986%77%102131 of 271
Prior approvals5089%50%92137 of 174
Advertisement consent6646%71%28180 of 192
Other *20100%64%1717 of 40

Delegated or committee

RouteShareMedian daysApprovedDecisions
Delegated to officers99%5678%1,911
Planning committee1%9580%11

Where the register states how the decision was made.

Appeals

256 appeals against Bromley decisions were decided by the Planning Inspectorate in the window, 68 for every 100 refusals; 28% were allowed. Every appeal in Bromley.

By year

Year decidedMedian daysWithin 8 weeksApprovedDecisions
2016 *6638%96%31
2017 *7027%80%44
2018 *4995%54%40
2019 *8925%85%42
2020 *5462%79%222
2021 *5361%18%29
2022 *11815%89%63
2023 *6345%79%307
2024 *7822%79%72
2025 *11916%85%62
2026 so far5748%78%1,922

* Years from our archive, which carries no validation date: timed from receipt, so a few days longer than the live years above them.

Past their target date now

Decided in the last three weeks

Built nightly from Bromley's planning register. Ranks are among the 322 published councils. See planning applications in Bromley, appeals, or get alerts for Bromley.

About these figures

How are decision times measured?
Days from the date the council validated the application to the date it decided it, for applications approved or refused in the window. That is the clock councils report against and the official statistics use. Each council’s page also shows the count from receipt, which is what the applicant actually waited. Withdrawn and undecided applications are not timed.
Why do these figures differ from the council’s own?
Councils count an agreed extension of time as decided on time; we treat the calendar as the calendar. Our figures are also live and rolling, where official statistics are quarterly and annual. So a council’s own within-eight-weeks figure will usually sit a little above ours.
What counts as approved?
Approval rate is approvals divided by approvals plus refusals. Withdrawals, and decisions whose outcome the register does not state, are counted in the totals but not in the rate.
Why is a council missing?
A council is published when it has at least 25 timed decisions in the window and its register’s decision data passes our consistency checks. Councils that fail are listed with the reason rather than shown with a number that would mislead.
How often is this updated?
Nightly, from the decisions we collect from every council register we monitor. The window is the twelve months to the last complete month.