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Policy.

The policies that actually decide outcomes in Bromley — how often each is cited in the officers' own reports, where it bites hardest, and who leans on it. The plan text is the rule; this is the behaviour.

3,819 citations1,563 reports parsedBromley Local Plan (adopted)
Bromley · policy map
Where policy is quoted most — by ward
Fewer ~0
More citations ~134
At a glance
3,819[1]
Total citations
across 1,563 officer reports
9%[1]
Citations on refusals
borough baseline — see the In refusals column
Bromley Local Plan[1]
Development plan
most-cited framework in reports
CIL (residential)
schedule not yet sourced
5-year land supply
position statement not yet sourced
Citations by policy — what gets invoked 🔒click a policy — reshapes the map
37 · General Design of Development
1,545
6 · Residential Extensions
343
30 · Parking
182
32 · Road Safety
161
119 · Noise Pollution
158
73 · Development and Trees
136
74 · Conservation and Management of Trees and Woodlands
129
116 · Sustainable Urban Drainage Systems (SUDS)
124
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What kind of ground gets cited[1]
Housing delivery12%
Design & heritage48%
Amenity4%
Highways & transport5%
Sustainability13%
Other grounds19%

Grounds classified from each policy's own cited title. Click a slice — reshapes the map.

The policies that decide outcomes — Bromley

Every plan policy recurring in Bromley officer reports, ranked by how often it's cited. Click a policy for its full record — and the officer who leans on it most.

PolicyCitationsIn refusalsAppeal survivalCites it most
37 — General Design of Development1,5457% · 0.8×subscriber data
6 — Residential Extensions34318% · 2.1×subscriber data
30 — Parking1822% · 0.3×subscriber data
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Citation counts from Bromley officer reports.[1] “In refusals” = share of a policy's citations that sit on refusals; × = that share against the borough average (needs 20+ citations). Appeal survival = of PINS appeal decisions citing the policy, the share dismissed (refusal held); a rate needs 5+ decisive appeals, fewer show the count. Methodology →

The borough framework

The development-plan documents Bromley officers actually cite, counted across parsed reports. CIL and land-supply figures aren't sourced yet and are shown as pending, not estimated.

Most cited
Bromley Local Plan (adopted)
3,819 report mentions
The hierarchy
National — NPPFpage pending
Strategic — London Planpage pending
Local — Bromley plan
What wins here — approval rate by application type[2]

Bar = volume · figure = approval rate, across Bromley's substantive decisions.

Householder
83%
Lawful development
80%
Full / major planning
65%
Conditions & amendments
73%
Prior approval
35%
Listed building
85%
Grounds for refusal at committee[3]

Why the planning committee refuses applications, from 150 refusals in the loaded minutes. Committee refusals are relatively few — most decisions are settled by officers.

Policy Conflict
76
Design Character
65
Amenity
42
Overdevelopment
33
Land Use
24
Heritage Conservation
23
Transport Highway
18
Environmental
17
Policies cited on refusal — borough-wide[4]

The policies most often cited on Bromley refusal notices — the official refusal side of the citation record above.

6 and 37 of the Bromley Local Plan62×
6, 8 and 37 of the Bromley Local Plan36×
4 and 37 of the Bromley Local Plan24×
NPPF19×
D3, D6 and H2 of the London Plan18×
37 of the Bromley Local Plan16×
6, 37 and 41 of the Bromley Local Plan15×
D3, HC1 and H2 of the London Plan12×
4, 9 and 37 of the Bromley Local Plan9×
4, 37 and 41 of the Bromley Local Plan9×

120 high-confidence refusal notices parsed for Bromley.

Sources & method
  1. [1]Policy citations, per-policy officer counts and ward citation counts — parsed from 1,564 published Bromley officer reports (delegated and committee), joined to the canonical application record for wards. Approvals included — refusal notices alone only show the refusal side.
  2. [2]Approval rate by application type — Bromley's substantive decision record. · methodology
  3. [3]Committee refusal grounds and committee-cited policies — published Bromley planning-committee minutes. · committee record
  4. [4]Borough-wide refusal-notice policy citations — decision-notice parsing (high-confidence notices only).
Methodology is published in full so every number is traceable to its primary source.