Blair Turgott broke the deadlock from the spot with his 10th goal of the season in the 13th minute after David Fitzpatrick handled in the area.
Turgott's strike went in off the post, giving Torquay goalkeeper Brendan Moore no chance, but the visitors were not as fortunate when Brett Williams' 36th-minute drive from close range hit the bar and went over.
The visitors' search for an equaliser was just as fruitless after the break and Bromley are now up to 11th place.
Report supplied by the Press Association.
Match ends, Bromley 1, Torquay United 0.
Second Half ends, Bromley 1, Torquay United 0.
George Porter (Bromley) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Substitution, Bromley. Jordan Wynter replaces Dave Martin.
Lee Minshull (Bromley) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Substitution, Torquay United. Jamie Reid replaces Luke Young.
Substitution, Bromley. Connor Dymond replaces Jordan Higgs.
Brett Williams (Torquay United) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Second Half begins Bromley 1, Torquay United 0.
First Half ends, Bromley 1, Torquay United 0.
Substitution, Bromley. George Porter replaces Louis Dennis.
Goal!  Bromley 1, Torquay United 0. Blair Turgott (Bromley) converts the penalty with a.
Luke Young (Torquay United) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
First Half begins.
Lineups are announced and players are warming up.

The emergency services were called to Glenapp Road in the Pollokshields area of the city at about 11:50.
Two people were taken to Queen Elizabeth University Hospital. They are thought to have been suffering from smoke inhalation.
Other residents from the flats received medical assessments at the scene.

The Richard III Society branded the decision as a "monumental mistake" which would be "humiliating" to the king.
However, the Very Revd David Monteith, Dean of Leicester, said the play would be "sensitive" towards him.
He was reburied at the cathedral in 2015 in a specially designed tomb.
The remains of the last Plantagenet monarch were placed under the cathedral two years ago, after they were discovered under a car park in the city in 2012.
Shakespeare's play is critical of the king, calling him a "poisonous bunch-back'd toad."
Philippa Langley, from the Richard III Society, is not against the play but is opposed to it being performed in Leicester Cathedral.
"To perform this play right beside this man's grave is quite frankly, a deliberate humiliation," she said.
"This is not what the great city of Leicester and its people is about."
Source: Royal Shakespeare Company
The Cathedral has said the show will go ahead as planned in July, despite the criticism.
"King Richard III lies in peace," Revd David Monteith told BBC East Midlands Today.
"What we now know is that he belongs to the whole nation and not just to one section of people particularly committed to his story.
"I've heard most people say how glad they are that Richard III, the Shakespeare play, will be performed here."
The play will also be performed at Peterborough, Ely, Gloucester, Bristol and Salisbury cathedrals in July.
Bromley made it five wins from their last seven National League games with victory over Torquay.
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Leicester Cathedral has defended its decision to stage Shakespeare's Richard III a few feet from the monarch's final resting place.