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Applying for planning permission
If you wish to build, extend or demolish a property or develop a building or piece of land you may need to apply for planning permission. You may also need to apply for other consents from the Council should your property be a Listed Building or lie within a Conservation Area. Contact us and we can help guide you through the application process.
We can give an
informal opinion about whether you need to apply for planning permission. If you require a formal decision you will need to apply for a Lawful Development Certificate. Most planning applications are dealt with within the Government’s eight-week target although some applications can take considerably longer. You may need planning permission:
- for a new building or for changes to an existing building
- to change the use of a building or land.
It is now a legal requirement that planning applications are accompanied by a Design and Access Statement, details available here.
Other consents and approvals may be required. When planning permission has been granted, you may also need Building Regulations Consent. For more information see Building Control Services.
Details of individual applications can be viewed online. You can also inspect planning applications at the Planning and Engineering Reception.
General guidance about the kinds of work for which you need to apply for planning permission and those for which you do not is available online from the Planning Portal website.
Please note that when you apply for Town Planning approval the detailed plans and other supporting details that you submit with your application will be scanned and published on our website.
Therefore, to enable details to be viewed electronically, all drawings should include key measurements, a scale bar indicating the length of 1 metre and 10 metres where appropriate, and state the drawing scale and page size, e.g. 1:50 at A1.
Copyright
Plans, drawings and materials submitted to the Council are protected by the copyright acts (section 47, 1988 Act). Our website therefore clearly states that material which is downloaded and/or printed may only be used for consultation purposes, to compare current applications with previous schemes and to check whether development have been completed in accordance with approved plans. Further copies must not be made without the prior permission of the copyright owner.
Cost
A schedule of
planning fees is available here. See our
service charges for additional administration charges.
Applications can be made online via the Planning Portal website.
Alternatively you can download the relevant planning application forms here and return them either in person or by post.
Planning Division
Telephone: 020 8313 4956
Fax: 020 8313 0095
e-mail: planning@bromley.gov.uk
Address: Bromley Civic Centre, Stockwell Close, Bromley BR1 3UH