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There has been a Bromley local authority since 1867 when the parish of Bromley was made a local government district, governed by an elected local board. [3] Such districts were reconstituted as urban districts under the Local Government Act 1894, which saw the board replaced by an urban district council. [4]
After the completion of an extensive programme of refurbishment works, which included the creation of new public areas, a council chamber and a mayoral suite as well as external landscaping, [12] the council moved into Churchill Court in December 2024. [13] It has said that it intends to rent out any surplus space in its new headquarters. [14]
The modern borough was created in 1965 under the London Government Act 1963, covering the combined area of the former Municipal Borough of Bromley, Municipal Borough of Beckenham, Orpington Urban District, Penge Urban District and the Chislehurst area from the Chislehurst and Sidcup Urban District (the Sidcup area went to the London Borough of ...
The ODPM proposed in 2006, as part of other transfers of powers to the Greater London Authority, to give it a waste function.The Mayor of London has made repeated attempts to bring the different waste authorities together, to form a single waste authority in London similar to the Greater Manchester Waste Disposal Authority which deals with waste from all households in Greater Manchester.
The blue box recycling system (BBRS) was initially a waste management system used by Canadian municipalities to collect source separated household waste materials for the purpose of recycling. The first full-scale community wide BBRS was implemented in 1983 by the waste management contractor Ontario Total Recycling Systems Ltd. (a subsidiary of ...
Bromley Local Government District was formed in 1867 when the parish of Bromley adopted the Local Government Act 1858, and a local board of twelve members was formed to govern the town. [1] The Local Government Act 1894 reconstituted the area as Bromley Urban District. An urban district council of 16 members replaced the local board. [4]
As part of a larger regeneration scheme to create a new Civic Centre, the council moved their offices to the old palace in 1982. [10] [11] The town hall was then used as the home of the Bromley College Business School until 2007. [12] [13] The building, which subsequently became vacant, was added to the Heritage at Risk Register in 2009. [14]
In January 2019, Bromley council approved the borough's Local Plan, a document outlining how and where Bromley will be developed up to 2030. Policy 18 details the commitment to improve the vitality and viability of the Mottingham Local Centre and Kimmeridge Cross Neighbourhood Centre, and to enhance links to other areas of Bromley and adjoining ...