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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.
8,208 approved · 2,404 refused · 277 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 2 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
5 Barnmead Road, Beckenham, BR3 1JF
Received 23 Dec 202476 Kingsway, Petts Wood, Orpington, BR5 1PT
Received 2 Oct 202336 Clarendon Green, Orpington, BR5 2PA
Received 27 Aug 2024Flat 5, Melbury Grange, Mavelstone Road, Bromley, BR1 2SZ
Received 5 Jul 2024Bracken, Hazel Grove, Orpington, BR6 8LU
Received 9 Aug 20236 - 20 Burrell Row, Beckenham, BR3 1AT
Received 22 May 2023Timberlayne Sevenoaks Road Halstead TN14 7HP, Sevenoaks District Council
Received 22 Nov 202442 Hazelmere Road, Petts Wood, Orpington, BR5 1PD
Received 3 Oct 202424 Dale Wood Road, Orpington, BR6 0BZ
Received 16 Apr 202457 Southover, Bromley, BR1 4SL
Received 13 Nov 202452 Broadoaks Way, Bromley, BR2 0UB
Received 2 Oct 202395 Chislehurst Road, Orpington, BR6 0DL
Received 8 Oct 2024Crystal Palace Park, Thicket Road, Penge, London, SE20 8DT
Received 29 Feb 2024Wentworth, Willow Grove, Chislehurst, BR7 5BS
Received 24 Apr 2025205 Maple Road, Penge, London, SE20 8HU
Received 17 Jul 2024Fairlands, The Hillside, Orpington, BR6 7SD
Received 2 Dec 20246 Ninhams Wood, Orpington, BR6 8NJ
Received 18 Sept 2023Land Outside St Pauls Church, Crofton Road, Orpington
Received 6 Mar 2023151 Clareville Road, Orpington, BR5 1RS
Received 29 Jun 202345 Dawson Avenue, Orpington, BR5 3AY
Received 24 May 2023Charmwood Farm, Charmwood Lane, Orpington, BR6 7SA
Received 11 May 202343 Monks Orchard Road, Beckenham, BR3 3BH
Received 27 Jul 202312 Park Avenue, West Wickham, BR4 9JU
Received 12 May 20231 Church Row, Chislehurst, BR7 5PG
Received 14 Apr 2023Records 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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