52
New development charges, 12 months to June 2026 (+126.1%)
Development exit report · H1 2026
Bromley Development Exit Report, H1 2026
Who is lending to developers in Bromley, how many schemes are exiting their development loans, and how quickly new homes are selling. Built from Companies House charges, Land Registry sales and council planning data.
18
Development loans filed as repaid, same 12 months
68.4%
Live development book over 24 months old (60.6% nationally)
155
New-build sales, latest settled 12 months (+89%)
Written and reviewed by Matt Lenzie Founder & Principal Broker · 25 years arranging development finance · Reviewed September 2026
In short
In Bromley, new development lending increased 126.1% to 52 charges, the sharpest change of any signal we track for the borough. Next largest, bridging and specialist lending to development companies increased 123.1% to 29 charges. 68.4% of live development loans here were over 24 months old at the end of June, 7.8 points above the national share, a direct read on how many schemes are past a normal build term. 104 residential approvals over the latest 12 months set up the pipeline that will need refinancing next.
Scorecard
Bromley at a glance
How each signal moved over the year, measured the same way for every location we report on.
| Signal | Bromley | Change | Basis | Direction |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| New development charges | 52 | +126.1% | 12 months to June 2026 vs the 12 months before | Up |
| Development charges satisfied (exits filed) | 18 | +50% | 12 months to June 2026 vs the 12 months before; recent filings provisional | Up |
| Exit-type lending to developers | 29 | +123.1% | bridging, specialist-bank and private-credit charges on development companies | Up |
| Live development book over 24 months old | 68.4% | +7.8 pts | at 30 June 2026, compared with 60.6% across England and Wales | Above national |
| New-build sales registered | 155 | +89% | settled 12 months (registration lag allowed for) vs the 12 months before | Up |
| New developer and property companies | 364 | +0.6% | SIC 41100, 41202, 68100 by registered office; live register only | Flat |
Companies House · development lending
Development lending and exits in Bromley
Over the 12 months to 30 June 2026, 31 development companies in Bromley gave security to development lenders, 52 charges in all. The year before it was 23 (+126.1%).
On the other side of the ledger, 18 development loans were filed as repaid, 0.35 for every new charge against 0.4 nationally. The local book is still growing faster than it clears.
A charge is the security a lender registers at Companies House. It shows that a loan was taken and when it was repaid (satisfied), not how much was lent. Repayments are filed late, so the latest six months are provisional.
New development chargesSatisfied (loan repaid)
Companies House charge register, Construction Capital analysis
Companies House · exit-type lending
Bridging and specialist lending to Bromley developers
Bromley saw 29 exit-type charges registered against development companies in the 12 months to June 2026, against 13 a year earlier (+123.1%).
Bridging lenders held the largest number, 17. The first half of 2026 alone brought 15, against 6 in the first half of 2025.
Exit-type lending counts charges registered by bridging lenders, specialist banks and private credit funds against companies whose registered business is developing buildings (SIC 41100 or 41202). It is the market that refinances development debt at completion and funds the sales period.
Companies House charge register, Construction Capital analysis
Companies House · lender categories
Who is lending in Bromley
Specialist money (bridging, specialist banks, development lenders and funds) accounted for 90.7% of matched property charges in Bromley, compared with 88.4% for England and Wales. The local market leans on specialist capital about as much as the country does.
Lenders are grouped by category from the Construction Capital lender register and never named.
Specialist and challenger banksBridging lendersHigh-street banksDevelopment lenders, funds and other
Companies House charge register, Construction Capital analysis
Land Registry · sales
How quickly new homes are selling
The settled Land Registry year to July 2025 shows 155 new homes sold in Bromley, compared with 82 in the year before. A new-build share of 3.3%; England and Wales ran at 8.3%.
Buyers paid 4.5% more for a new flat than a second-hand one, on median prices.
All residential sales totalled 4,430 in the settled 12 months to January 2026 (+3.6% on the year before).
Land Registry registers new-build plot sales up to a year after completion, so new-build figures use the latest settled 12 months. Prices are transaction-sample medians, not a like-for-like index.
HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, Construction Capital analysis
Planning · pipeline
The next wave of schemes needing an exit
London Borough of Bromley approved 104 residential applications between 21 September 2025 and 21 September 2026, with 67 still pending. By type: 58 other relevant, 11 prior approval, 10 change of use.
Where an approval states units (23 of them), they add up to at least 43 homes.
Residential applications from council planning portals over each council's latest 12-month window. Unit counts are only stated on some applications, so unit totals are a floor.
| Largest approved schemes (stated units) | Units | Type | Decided |
|---|---|---|---|
| 308-310 Croydon Road, Beckenham, Br3 4hr | 5 | prior approval | 2026-03-13 |
Companies House · registrations
New developer companies
364 new development and property companies registered in Bromley in the year to June 2026 (+0.6%), 163 of them as developers.
Half-year to half-year: 187 in the first half of 2026, 205 a year before.
Companies registered with SIC 41100, 41202 or 68100, placed by registered office. The register lists live companies only, so earlier periods lose companies since dissolved.
Benchmark
Bromley against England and Wales
| Measure | Bromley | Change | England and Wales | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| New development charges, 12 months | 52 | +126.1% | 9,544 | +11.7% |
| Development charges satisfied, 12 months | 18 | +50% | 3,785 | +21.1% |
| Live development book at 30 June 2026 | 215 | 41,855 | ||
| Share of live book over 24 months old | 68.4% | 60.6% | ||
| Exit-type lending to developers, 12 months | 29 | +123.1% | 5,241 | +3.4% |
| New-build sales, settled 12 months | 155 | +89% | 68,506 | -6.1% |
| New-build share of sales, settled 12 months | 3.3% | 8.3% | ||
| New developer and property companies, 12 months | 364 | +0.6% | 61,275 | +7% |
What it means
What this means for developers exiting in Bromley
Reading the signals as a set: new development lending, loan repayments, exit-type lending, new-build sales are up.
With more of the local book past 24 months than nationally, more schemes here are likely to be completing late or selling slowly. That is where a development exit loan earns its keep: it repays the development lender, stops default interest and gives the sales period room.
Rising new-build sales give lenders comfort on sales rates, which usually means better exit terms.
Terms depend on the scheme, the sales evidence and the developer, and no finance is guaranteed. We are a finance broker, not a lender. Development exit finance for companies is unregulated lending.
Read how a development exit loan is sized, or compare the national picture in the Development Exit Demand Tracker. Local market detail sits on our development exit finance in Bromley page.
Methodology and sources
Companies House charges (security instruments, not loans: no amounts, LTVs or rates). Development lending = charges held by specialist development lenders, or by development-active mixed lenders where the borrower carries SIC 41100/41202, the charge wording names development land or a site, or the borrower is a newly incorporated (within 12 months) SIC 68100 company with no buy-to-let SIC (the same rule as the national Development Exit Demand Tracker). Exit-type lending to developers = charges registered by bridging, specialist-bank and private-credit (funder) lenders against companies carrying SIC 41100/41202. A charge is placed by its charged-property postcode, or failing that the borrower's registered office. 'Satisfied' is the filed repayment of a charge: the exit. Exit refinance events are new charges registered on the same title after a specialist development lender's charge was repaid or released (charge stacks, same-group and same-company pairs excluded). Satisfactions are filed late, so the most recent six months are provisional and will rise. Lender categories come from the Construction Capital lender register; lenders are never named.
Land Registry registers new-build plot sales up to a year after completion, so new-build counts, shares and premiums are read only over the settled 12 months ending a year before the data vintage (settled12m) and compared with the 12 months before that. New-build figures in the most recent windows are incomplete and are not used for any headline. HMLR Price Paid, standard (category A) residential sales (detached, semi, terraced, flat) in the location's local authorities. New-build premium compares the median new-build price with the median existing-stock price within flats and within houses; it is a transaction-sample median, not a constant-quality index. Registrations lag completions by weeks to months, so the most recent months (and new-build plots especially) understate final counts; trailing-12-month figures are the steadier read.
Residential planning applications (new build, conversion, prior approval, mixed use, HMO, demolition and rebuild) from the Construction Capital council-portal scrapes, one record set per authority, over each council's rolling 12-month scrape window. Unit counts are stated only on some applications, so totals undercount. Councils not yet scraped are listed as missing, never estimated.
New companies with SIC 41100, 41202 or 68100 by registered-office postcode. The register snapshot holds live companies only, so earlier windows lose companies since dissolved; read year-on-year change as indicative.
Data vintage: charges registered to 2026-07-31, satisfactions filed to 2026-08-03, company register snapshot 2026-08-01, Land Registry transactions to 2026-07-31. Area covered: Bromley (local authority boundaries). Minimum sample 30. 15 cuts suppressed for sample size.
Sources: Companies House charge register, Construction Capital analysis; HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, Construction Capital analysis; Council planning portals, Construction Capital planning scrape. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Companies House data is public and reused under the Open Government Licence.
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FAQ
Development exit in Bromley: common questions
Is development lending rising in Bromley?
Yes: 52 new development charges in the year to June 2026, +126.1% on the previous 12 months, according to the Companies House charge register.
How many Bromley schemes are past a normal development term?
Measured by charge age, 68.4% of the live development book in Bromley was older than 24 months at 30 June 2026. The national figure was 60.6%.
What is development exit finance?
A short-term loan taken at or near practical completion. It repays the development lender and funds the sales or letting period, often at a lower rate than the development loan it replaces, and can release equity for the next scheme. Our development exit finance page covers how it is sized and priced.
Where does this data come from?
Companies House charges and company registrations, HM Land Registry Price Paid Data and council planning portals, all analysed by Construction Capital. Figures below the minimum sample of 30 are suppressed, and lenders are grouped into categories rather than named.
Completing a scheme in Bromley?
Send us the scheme, the current facility and the sales position and we will give a view on the exit options and indicative terms.