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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
16,325 approved · 4,350 refused · 581 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 27 Oct 2020 to 27 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 29 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
91 Eden Way, Beckenham, BR3 3DW
Received 28 Jun 2023Unit 4, Sidcup Logistics Park East, Sandy Lane, Sidcup, DA14 5FE
Received 7 Nov 20238 Lakeside Drive, Bromley, BR2 8QG
Received 18 Nov 20241 Asprey Place, Bromley, BR1 2PT
Received 12 Jun 202319 Broadoaks Way, Bromley, BR2 0UA
Received 23 Sept 202149 Heathfield Road, Keston, BR2 6BB
Received 27 Apr 2022Land Rear Of And Adjacent To 45 To 51, Ravensbury Road, Orpington
Received 9 Jun 20222 Robin Hood Green, Orpington, BR5 2AS
Received 16 Jan 2023Woodlands, 29 Durham Avenue, Shortlands, Bromley, BR2 0QE
Received 21 Jul 20217 Ferguson Close, Bromley, BR2 0LY
Received 1 Mar 20212 Spring Grove, Anerley, London, SE19 2TD
Received 22 May 202427 St Georges Road, Bickley, Bromley, BR1 2AU
Received 28 Jan 2021Firbeck, Yester Park, Chislehurst, BR7 5DQ
Received 20 Nov 2024Crystal Palace Park, Thicket Road, Penge, London, Bromley, SE20 8DT
Received 17 May 2021School House , Highfield Drive, Shortlands, Bromley, BR2 0RX
Received 20 Sept 20214 Oakfield Lane, Keston, BR2 6BY
Received 29 Oct 2020Flat 4, Woodlands, 29 Durham Avenue, Shortlands, Bromley, BR2 0QE
Received 6 Jan 202326 Commonside, Keston, BR2 6BP
Received 20 Aug 2024The Hop & Rye, 54 London Road, Bromley, BR1 3QZ
Received 13 Jun 2022130 Crofton Road, Orpington, BR6 8HZ
Received 11 Jan 202153 Park Road, Beckenham, BR3 1QG
Received 28 Jun 20218 Nightingale Road, Petts Wood, Orpington, BR5 1BG
Received 1 Mar 2022Candle Hill, Sundridge Avenue, Bromley, BR1 2QD
Received 6 Jun 2022Draycott, Hazel Grove, Orpington, BR6 8LU
Received 25 Jul 2022Records 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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