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Halloween falls the day after half term. Crystal Palace Park's funfair runs 23 October to 1 November and Chislehurst's pumpkin hunt is 30 October, £6 a child.
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Council
Ombudsman Faults Bromley Council 3 More Times on EHC Plans
Three more upheld Ombudsman findings on Bromley EHC plans: a transfer left five months, a placement never found, a review eight months late. £1,000 to be paid.
Business
Kaizen Bromley: HMRC Winding-Up Petition Heard 7 October
HMRC has petitioned to wind up the company behind Kaizen at The Glades, Bromley. The High Court hears it on 7 October; the restaurant is still listed as open.
Council
Bromley Family Hubs: Four Named, Six Centres Open Now
The Executive endorsed four Family Hub localities on 16 September: Community Vision, Castlecombe, Blenheim and Biggin Hill. The borough runs six centres today.
Planning
Milk Street Nursery Asks to Keep 42 Children, Not 18
The Lighthouse Nursery at Halls Farm House has applied to keep a capacity of 42 children against a planning limit of 18. Comments close 14 October. Ofsted's record is here too.
Down House
Down House in Winter: Weekends Only From 2 November
Darwin's Down House opens weekends only, 10am to 4pm, from 2 November, plus 27 and 28 Dec, New Year's Day and February half term. Adults £17 online.
Community
Bromley Veterans' Evening Meet: Next at Crown & Anchor 21 Oct
Bromley FC Community Trust has launched a monthly evening meet for veterans at the Crown & Anchor on Park Road, with the council. The next one is Wednesday 21 October.
Charity
Bromley Rugby Clubs on 60-Club Charity Ride: £5,170 Raised
Rob Shotton cycled to 60 London rugby clubs towing a water butt for LooseHeadz and raised £5,170 against a £4,000 target. Three Bromley clubs were on the route.
What's On
What's On in Bromley This Weekend, 25 to 27 September
Bat walk among the Crystal Palace dinosaurs, Sunday cyclo-cross, a nearly-new baby sale in Orpington, and Sunday rail closures at Beckenham Junction to plan around.
Food hygiene
Bromley Food Hygiene: 34 Fives in September, Nothing Lower
Every rating published for Bromley since 3 September is a 5: 34 venues, from the Crooked Billet in Penge to Sainsbury's in Orpington. The last low score was on 4 August.
Business
New in Bromley Business: 20 Firms Formed, 3 in Liquidation
A day nursery, a mortgage broker on East Street and three software firms are among 20 companies registered in Bromley in a fortnight. A builder and a flooring shop are being wound up.
Planning
Chislehurst Co-op Opening Hours: Bid to Trade Until 11pm
The Co-op at 76 Green Lane has applied to trade from 7am to 11pm every day. Comments close on 5 October, and officers rather than councillors will decide.
Bromley Council
Bromley Adult Social Care: £7.2m Advisers Signed Off
Bromley will spend up to £7.2m on outside advisers to redesign learning disability care, paid from reserves. Borrowing adds £4.3m to the bill.
Every week the London Borough of Bromley publishes more than anybody has time to read: planning applications, licensing notices, committee papers, inspection results, crime figures broken down by ward. We work through them and write up the parts that change something, in plain English, with a link to the source on every fact.
It matters here because Bromley is not one sort of place. The borough runs from the terraces of Penge and Anerley through Beckenham, Shortlands, Bromley town centre, Bickley and Chislehurst, out to Orpington and the Crays, and then keeps going into farmland at Downe, Cudham and Biggin Hill, which is how it ends up the largest borough in London by area. A scheme that barely registers in Sundridge Park can be the only subject of conversation in West Wickham or Petts Wood for a year. Alongside the news we look after the practical pages, the ones you look things up on rather than read.