Planning - a key activity
Each month the Society receives details of all planning applications submitted to the Planning Department at London Borough of Bromley in the Chislehurst area. We also receive information of decisions, appeals and other actions in respect of previous applications.
The planning sub-committee reviews all this information. Members of the sub-committee have a great deal of knowledge and experience in planning rules and Bromley's Unitary Development Plan. It also takes into account comments or objections made by members of the Society, and where appropriate will have informal discussions with planning officers.
The sub-committee reviews its conclusions with the Executive Committee, and then writes formally to the Planning Department setting out objections to proposals, or observations, where it believes that conformity with planning policies needs to be checked, or that any approval should have conditions attached.
It is most important that members of the Society advise the Committee, either direct, or through Road Stewards, where they believe an objection to any planning proposal is needed.
During 2008 the sub-committee reviewed 462 application (up from 442 in 2007). It made objections in 61 cases (59 in 2007) and observations on a further 28 (35), being overall 19% (21%) of the total planning applications.
We include the latest planning applications list received from Bromley Planning Department, and the latest list of decision. Click on the box to the right to access these.