Bromley Council

Apr 25th, 2023

Needs modernising in every respect
Apr 22nd, 2023

Awful. If I could give zero stars I would. A) Roads in Beckenham are pickled with potholes - I can attest they are significantly worse than roads in the rural Philippines! B) Gutters and drains are not cleared regularly, so any heavy rainfall leads to flooded roads. C) From 1 April 2023, car parking for a one hour stay has gone up 28.5%, and can only be paid by the RingGo app. That adds a further 20p for text messaging (this is not advertised), and another 20p as a 'convenience fee'. Whose 'convenience' is that? It's certainly not the customer, but the council's own convenience, since they don't have to collect the cash from meters now. Moreover, how does anyone without a mobile phone now park legally? You can bet there are pensioners (and maybe others) who don't have mobiles. The whole thing is immoral, disingenuous, and ignores inclusivity. Yet still, council tax has gone up. All told, this council is appalling.
Apr 13th, 2023

In their defence, Bromley council excel at distributing parking violations. They've hired a band of moped mercenaries, no doubt commission based, who can often be found in the same car park at the same time, laughing and competing over issuing tickets. Congratulations. Rather than shafting your residents on top of all the positive work the reviews below suggest you clearly are performing, do something worthwhile. I'm sure the av.1.3 rating is not merited.
Apr 1st, 2023

One of the highest charging councils for tax with the lowest return for your money. My friend pays roughly 50 less per month in Wandsworth for his council tax and has all his bins collected weekly, not just the bits they choose to take bi-weekly, regular road sweeping and gritting and a complimentary Christmas tree disposal system to name a few things. Bromley can't even bill you correctly let alone manage some compost in your paid for garden waste collection, which they take to make ....compost! And every time you log an incident on their website they simply change the status to actioned without doing anything!
Mar 4th, 2023