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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.
8,020 approved · 2,331 refused · 263 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 27 Mar 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
185 CHARTERHOUSE ROAD, ORPINGTON, BR6 9ET
Received 18 Jun 2025LOWER BRENCHLEY, RAGGLESWOOD, CHISLEHURST, BR7 5NH
Received 18 Jun 2025114 TINTAGEL ROAD, ORPINGTON, BR5 4LH
Received 18 Jun 202538 Stone Park Avenue, Beckenham BR3 3LX
Received 18 Jun 202532 QUEENS ROAD, BECKENHAM, BR3 4JW
Received 18 Jun 202521 SYLVESTER AVENUE, CHISLEHURST, BR7 5ED
Received 18 Jun 2025LEWIS KING HOUSE, 51-53 PLAISTOW LANE, BROMLEY, BR1 3TE
Received 18 Jun 202554, Station Road, Orpington, BR6 0SA
Received 18 Jun 202579 CONISTON ROAD, BROMLEY, BR1 4JA
Received 18 Jun 2025BANK COTTAGE, COPERS COPE ROAD, BECKENHAM, BR3 1NZ
Received 18 Jun 202516 BROADHEATH DRIVE, CHISLEHURST, BR7 6EH
Received 19 Jun 202550 Avalon Road, Orpington BR6 9AY
Received 19 Jun 2025132-138 HIGH STREET, BROMLEY, BR1 1EZ
Received 19 Jun 202581 HAYES WAY, BECKENHAM, BR3 6RR
Received 19 Jun 2025LYNDHURST, HOLWOOD PARK AVENUE, ORPINGTON, BR6 8NG
Received 19 Jun 202515 BISHOPS AVENUE, BROMLEY, BR1 3ET
Received 19 Jun 202528 HOLBROOK LANE, CHISLEHURST, BR7 6PF
Received 19 Jun 202527 GODWIN ROAD, BROMLEY, BR2 9LG
Received 19 Jun 20253 THE DALE, KESTON, BR2 6HW
Received 19 Jun 202515 OAK TREE GARDENS, BROMLEY, BR1 5BQ
Received 19 Jun 2025138 AYLESFORD AVENUE, BECKENHAM, BR3 3RY
Received 20 Jun 20253 TIMBER CLOSE, CHISLEHURST, BR7 5PA
Received 20 Jun 202515 PRINCES AVENUE, PETTS WOOD, ORPINGTON, BR5 1QP
Received 20 Jun 202584 COPERS COPE ROAD, BECKENHAM, BR3 1RJ
Received 20 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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