The council’s Local Plan is the central planning document for the borough. It sets the borough’s blueprint for managing growth and development, in the context of wider national and London-wide planning policy.
Once in place, the Local Plan sets out where new homes, jobs, shops and community facilities should go to guide future planning applications. It sets our local priorities for the type of places and spaces that are expected across the borough. It also helps protect areas that make Bromley special, including the borough’s green spaces.
By law, Local Plans must be reviewed and updated regularly. We are now preparing a new Local Plan for Bromley, known as the Bromley Borough Local Plan.
Recent changes to the planning system have introduced a new process for preparing Local Plans. Under the new system, Local Plans must be prepared within 30 months.
There have also been significant changes to the wider planning policy context. The National Planning Policy Framework has been updated, and the Mayor of London published a new draft London Plan for consultation in July 2026. The new Bromley Borough Local Plan will need to take these documents into account.
The council has now published the documents required ahead of formal plan preparation, including the:
The Local Plan Dataset is included to meet government requirements for the publication of local plan data in a CSV format. This dataset is provided under the Open Government Licence.
Previous review
Bromley was previously reviewing the local plan under the old local plan system, but has since relaunched that process. Documents associated with the old process, including consultation materials, have now been archived but will remain available on request by emailing: localplan@bromley.gov.uk