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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
PlanningTrack collects planning applications and decisions from the public planning register of London Borough of Bromley. Search an address, application reference or proposal. Official Bromley website
19,821 approved · 5,151 refused · 726 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 30 Oct 2019 to 4 Nov 2026. Most recent record check: 6 Nov 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
GARDINER CLOSE, ORPINGTON
Received 19 Aug 2026220 REPTON ROAD, ORPINGTON, BR6 9JB
Received 19 Aug 2026PERRY STREET GARDENS, CHISLEHURST
Received 19 Aug 2026230 ORCHARD WAY, BECKENHAM, BR3 3EL
Received 9 Sept 2026172 RAVENSWORTH ROAD, MOTTINGHAM, LONDON, SE9 4LU
Received 19 Aug 202662 LOVELACE AVENUE, BROMLEY, BR2 8EB
Received 19 Aug 20269A CHARMWOOD VILLAS, RUSHMORE HILL, ORPINGTON, BR6 7NJ
Received 19 Aug 202614 MEADOW WAY, ORPINGTON, BR6 8LW
Received 17 Aug 202658 FRIAR ROAD, ORPINGTON, BR5 2BW
Received 19 Aug 202610 NINHAMS WOOD, ORPINGTON, BR6 8NJ
Received 17 Aug 20264 VALE ROAD, BICKLEY, BROMLEY, BR1 2AL
Received 20 Aug 202651 & 53 The Grove, Biggin Hill, TN16 3TA
Received 20 Aug 202638 FOREST RIDGE, KESTON, BR2 6EQ
Received 20 Aug 202629 WEST WAY, PETTS WOOD, ORPINGTON, BR5 1LN
Received 20 Aug 2026BROMLEY METHODIST CHURCH, COLLEGE ROAD, BROMLEY, BR1 3NS
Received 20 Aug 2026NATIONAL MARITIME MUSEUM STORE, NELSON MANDELA ROAD, KIDBROOKE, SE3 9QS
Received 18 Aug 2026ST CHRISTOPHERS SCHOOL, 49 BROMLEY ROAD, BECKENHAM, BR3 5PA
Received 20 Aug 20265 THE GLEBE, CHISLEHURST, BR7 5PX
Received 20 Aug 2026117A QUEENSWAY, PETTS WOOD, ORPINGTON, BR5 1DG
Received 20 Aug 2026106 KENT HOUSE ROAD, BECKENHAM, BR3 1JJ
Received 20 Aug 2026LAND AT JUNCTION WITH CROFTON ROAD, PARK AVENUE,FARNBOROUGH, ORPINGTON
Received 20 Aug 202630 OAK TREE GARDENS, BROMLEY, BR1 5BG
Received 20 Aug 202635 RIDGEWAY CRESCENT, ORPINGTON, BR6 9QW
Received 20 Aug 2026CUDHAM HALL, CUDHAM LANE SOUTH, CUDHAM, SEVENOAKS, TN14 7QB
Received 20 Aug 2026Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
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Set up an area alertStart 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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