Press releases

Friends of Tugmutton Common fundraising for playground equipment

Published on Tuesday, 15 October 2019

The Friends of Tugmutton Common have held a Teddy Bear’s picnic event to raise funds for playground equipment.

• Wide berth for cyclists

  Published on Friday, 11 October 2019

  A police operation to keep cyclists safe on Bromley roads has taken place.

• Bromley shows appreciation for kinship carers

  Published on Monday, 7 October 2019

  Bromley connected persons and special guardianship team in partnership with Grandparents Plus supports kinship carers and special guardians by providing guidance and connecting them with each other.

• New collection vehicles help improve recycling

  Published on Friday, 27 September 2019

  New bespoke waste collection vehicles are now in use as part of the improved recycling and waste services which launched on 16 September.

• New health centre in Orpington now open

  Published on Monday, 23 September 2019

  The new Orpington Health and Wellbeing Centre opened its doors to patients on 16 September 2019.

• Bromley launches new SEND Network Champions Initiative

  Published on Friday, 13 September 2019

  An exciting new SEND Network Champions initiative has been jointly launched by Bromley Council and Bromley Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG).

• Working together to help prevent suicide

  Published on Tuesday, 10 September 2019

  A plan setting out local strategies to help reduce the average of 20 people or so each year across the borough taking their own lives is being actioned.

• Consultation about Housing Strategy for next decade underway

  Published on Thursday, 5 September 2019

  Ambitious plans to develop 1000 new homes on council-owned land or acquired sites by 2022 have been confirmed as part of the draft Housing Strategy being proposed.

• Residents and traders reminded to use registered waste carriers

  Published on Thursday, 5 September 2019

  Residents and traders are being reminded to only employ registered waster carriers to remove their rubbish or unwanted goods.

• Bromley Education Business Partnership hosts employability day at Darrick Wood Secondary School

  

  Published on Friday, 16 August 2019

  Representatives from local businesses visited Darrick Wood Secondary School this summer to encourage year 10 students to think about how to prepare for their futures after leaving school.

• Bowie Bandstand in Beckenham Listed on Festival’s 50th anniversary

  Published on Friday, 16 August 2019

  The historic bandstand in south London where David Bowie performed at the Growth Summer Festival 50 years ago today (16 August) has been listed at Grade II.

• Check who is listed on your Household Enquiry Form

  Published on Friday, 16 August 2019

  Registering to vote is an individual responsibility, but we must still conduct an annual canvass of who is eligible to vote, so every property in the borough will have received a yellow Household Enquiry Form.

• Jobs Fair connects young people with employers

  

  Published on Friday, 16 August 2019

  Bromley’s Youth Employment Scheme (YES) held a Jobs Fair at Bromley Central Library during the summer, which was open to young people between the ages of 16 and 24 who were looking for work.

• Beware of tree services scams

  Published on Tuesday, 13 August 2019

  Residents are being advised not to respond to various flyers and leaflets offering tree services, to avoid potential scams.

• New college facility at Biggin Hill approved

  Published on Thursday, 25 July 2019

  A planning application to develop a London Aerospace and Technology College (LATC) at Biggin Hill was approved with conditions by Bromley Council's Development Control Committee on Tuesday 23 July.

• Wake Up 2 Care: A new recruitment initiative

  Published on Friday, 19 July 2019

  An innovative recruitment initiative to recruit new care workers into the council and care homes in Bromley Borough, is underway.

• Update: Bromley Common A21 closed following burst water main

  Published on Thursday, 18 July 2019

  Thames Water have been working overnight to repair their burst water main...

• Bromley Council appoints a new Chief Executive

  

  Published on Wednesday, 17 July 2019

  Ade Adetosoye OBE was confirmed to the post of Chief Executive of Bromley Council at its Full Council meeting on Monday evening, 15 July 2019.

• Bromley promotes a healthier future for residents

  Published on Wednesday, 17 July 2019

  Bromley’s Health and Wellbeing Board has signed up to promoting a healthier future for the people of Bromley

• Bromley resident denied false claims but was found guilty

  Published on Wednesday, 17 July 2019

  A 37-year-old woman from Rangefield Road, Bromley was convicted of four charges of Council Tax Benefit/Support fraud and was sentenced to 40 weeks custody, suspended for 24 months on 1 July, 2019.

• Net Zero Carbon Emissions by 2029

  Published on Tuesday, 16 July 2019

  The ambition to have a ten year plan to ensure that the council will have net zero emissions by 2029 was unanimously approved following a Council Motion on Monday.

• Blue Badge misuse leads to prosecutions of more family members

  Published on Tuesday, 2 July 2019

  Five more drivers have been caught and prosecuted for misusing a Blue Badge, and ordered to pay fines totalling £2,523.

• Junior Travel Ambassador winners

  Published on Thursday, 27 June 2019

  From a field of more than 50 participating Bromley primary schools, Wickham Common primary school have been crowned Junior Travel Ambassador (JTA )Top Team.

• News from The Local Government Boundary Commission

  

  Published on Tuesday, 25 June 2019

  Political map of Bromley set to change

• Bromley Council brings community together to help tackle loneliness

  

  Published on Monday, 24 June 2019

  Bromley Council has been instrumental in bringing together community organisations from across the borough to look at how we can together tackle loneliness.

• Anti-idling campaign set to be launched

  Published on Thursday, 20 June 2019

  Motorists who leave their engine running whilst parked will soon be asked to stop doing so as part of a campaign to encourage drivers to stop ‘idling’.

• Waste collection day changes will help improve the service

  Published on Wednesday, 19 June 2019

  Changes to waste collection days to deliver greater efficiency and reliability of the service alongside an improved recycling service will go ahead this autumn.

• Crystal Palace Park Café open – official!

  Published on Friday, 14 June 2019

  On 17 June the new community-focused café, in the vibrant Crystal Palace Park, is being formally opened by Deputy Mayor for Planning, Regeneration and Skills Jules Pipe CBE.

• Flood warning and alerts in place within the borough

  Published on Wednesday, 12 June 2019

  An Environment Agency flood warning is currently in place for Kyd Brook at Petts Wood, with two flood alerts also in place, with further heavy downpours forecast.

• Visionary Kings Meadow play improvement plan moves step nearer

  Published on Tuesday, 4 June 2019

  The plan to improve play equipment in Kings Meadow in Burnt Ash Lane has moved a step nearer following the outcome of a tendering process.