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Planning application documents: what to read first
Understand planning application documents, officer reports and decision notices. Use a reading checklist, document table and worked example to inspect a case.
England · Local authority
Explore collected planning applications and decisions for London Borough of Bromley. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
7,816 approved · 2,281 refused · 255 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 24 Apr 2023 to 9 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 11 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Contact details were found on council pages. Check the source for opening hours and which enquiries the service handles.
Explore published planning boundaries and follow their source records for designation details. Coverage varies: an empty map does not mean there are no restrictions. Check the council’s current maps and documents before relying on a boundary.
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Data downloaded 14 Sept 2026. Display boundaries are simplified and indicative. Map record counts are not a complete count of designations or directions.
Sources: Planning Data conservation areas and Article 4 direction areas. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
7 GOLF ROAD, BICKLEY, BROMLEY, BR1 2JA
Received 5 Jun 2025140 LEESONS HILL, ORPINGTON, BR5 2NH
Received 5 Jun 2025CAPEL MANOR COLLEGE, MOTTINGHAM LANE, MOTTINGHAM, LONDON, SE12 9AW
Received 5 Jun 202522 MERTON GARDENS, PETTS WOOD, ORPINGTON, BR5 1DA
Received 5 Jun 202515 REDDONS ROAD, BECKENHAM, BR3 1LY
Received 5 Jun 202596 GREEN LANE, CHISLEHURST, BR7 6AZ
Received 5 Jun 2025KYN BICKLEY CARE HOME, BICKLEY PARK ROAD, BICKLEY, BROMLEY, BR1 2AZ
Received 5 Jun 2025CRYSTAL PALACE PARK, THICKET ROAD, PENGE, LONDON, SE20 8DT
Received 6 Jun 202525 LONGDON WOOD, KESTON, BR2 6EN
Received 5 Jun 2025Various locations, Newton Park Place, Chislehurst, BR7 5BF
Received 5 Jun 2025CAPEL MANOR COLLEGE, MOTTINGHAM LANE, MOTTINGHAM, LONDON, SE12 9AW
Received 5 Jun 202512 BROMLEY LANE, CHISLEHURST, BR7 6LE
Received 5 Jun 2025134 WORSLEY BRIDGE ROAD BECKENHAM BR3 1RP
Received 5 Jun 2025115 PARK AVENUE, ORPINGTON, BR6 9ED
Received 5 Jun 2025LAND OPPOSITE THE ADDINGTON CENTRE FAIRCHILDES AVENUE, KING HENRY'S DRIVE, CROYDON
Received 5 Jun 202555 SYLVAN WAY, WEST WICKHAM, BR4 9HA
Received 5 Jun 202555 SYLVAN WAY, WEST WICKHAM, BR4 9HA
Received 5 Jun 2025LAND ADJACENT TO 232, BIRKBECK ROAD, BECKENHAM
Received 5 Jun 202525 COURTLANDS AVENUE, HAYES, BROMLEY, BR2 7HY
Received 6 Jun 20257 BATCHWOOD GREEN, ORPINGTON, BR5 2NE
Received 6 Jun 2025The Spinney, Single Street, Berrys Green, WESTERHAM, TN16 3AB
Received 6 Jun 2025The Spinney, Single Street, Berrys Green, WESTERHAM, TN16 3AB
Received 6 Jun 20256 ISLEHURST CLOSE, CHISLEHURST, BR7 5QU
Received 6 Jun 2025186 HIGH STREET, BECKENHAM, BR3 1EN
Received 6 Jun 2025Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
View all applicationsStart with the address or application reference. Open a record to read the proposal, dates and available documents, then check the official register for the latest plans and consultation details. If nothing appears, check coverage before treating the result as a complete planning history.
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These figures describe applications collected by PlanningTrack for London Borough of Bromley, across all dates currently available. They are a partial dataset, rather than an authority-wide performance measure. The date range does not establish continuous historical coverage.
The approval percentage is approved records divided by approved plus refused records. Pending, withdrawn and unknown outcomes are excluded. No percentage is shown until there is an approved or refused record.
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