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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.
8,190 approved · 2,400 refused · 275 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 6 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
Flat 1, 1 Hamlet Road, Anerley, London, SE19 2AP
Received 11 Dec 20241 Meadow Road, Bromley, BR2 0DX
Received 3 Jan 2025Covers Quarry Westerham Kent, Kent County Council
Received 22 May 202569 Harvest Bank Road, West Wickham, BR4 9DP
Received 27 Mar 20234 Pear Tree Close, Bromley, BR2 9SA
Received 5 Feb 2025Redcote, Sevenoaks Road, Pratts Bottom, Orpington, BR6 7SE
Received 21 Dec 2023Rowland Court, 92 Shortlands Road, Shortlands, Bromley, BR2 0JP
Received 24 Apr 2023Clifford House, 1 Calverley Close, Beckenham, BR3 1UH
Received 27 Mar 202463 Chesterfield Close, Orpington, BR5 3PG
Received 2 May 2023Ravens Wood School, Oakley Road, Bromley, BR2 8HP
Received 12 Jul 202311 Hassop Walk, Mottingham, London, SE9 4JT
Received 31 Mar 20236 Elmerside Road, Beckenham, BR3 4AJ
Received 1 Oct 2024306 Beaconsfield Road, Mottingham, London, SE9 4EE
Received 23 Mar 202544 Shepperton Road, Petts Wood, Orpington, BR5 1DN
Received 24 Nov 2023187 Southborough Lane, Bromley, BR2 8AR
Received 31 May 202316 Cranmore Road, Chislehurst, BR7 6ES
Received 5 Jun 2023314 Court Road, Orpington, BR6 9DA
Received 11 Apr 202330 Willett Close, Petts Wood, Orpington, BR5 1QH
Received 19 Jun 202338A Saxon Road, Bromley, BR1 3RP
Received 17 Mar 2023135 High Street, Penge, London, SE20 7DS
Received 15 Jun 2023Kent House, Plawsfield Road, Beckenham, BR3 1JD
Received 7 Aug 202328 Henville Road, Bromley, BR1 3HX
Received 23 Oct 2023Whiteoak Court Nursing Home, 15 Selby Close, Chislehurst, BR7 5RU
Received 19 May 2023Denby, 14 Pines Road, Bickley, Bromley, BR1 2AA
Received 7 Nov 2023Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
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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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