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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
16,364 approved · 4,361 refused · 585 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 22 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
28 Elwill Way, Beckenham, BR3 3AD
Received 26 Oct 20202 Parkside Avenue, Bickley, Bromley, BR1 2EJ
Received 14 May 202440 Malling Way, Hayes, Bromley, BR2 7PJ
Received 2 Nov 20202 Westholme, Orpington, BR6 0AN
Received 7 Dec 20201 Kent Close, Orpington, BR6 7HD
Received 17 Feb 202198 Addington Road, West Wickham, BR4 9BQ
Received 24 Jan 202259 Wickham Way, Beckenham, BR3 3AH
Received 27 May 2022142 Crescent Drive, Petts Wood, Orpington, BR5 1BE
Received 6 Jul 2022114 Castlecombe Road, Mottingham, London, SE9 4AP
Received 2 Feb 202379 Vinson Close, Orpington, BR6 0EQ
Received 18 Dec 2023Flamingo Park Club, Sidcup By Pass Road, Chislehurst, BR7 6HL
Received 15 Jan 202421 Curtismill Way, Orpington, BR5 2JY
Received 28 Mar 202544 Station Road, West Wickham, BR4 0PR
Received 25 Mar 2025Five Oaks Stables, Layhams Road, Keston, BR2 6AR
Received 18 Sept 202344 Lubbock Road, Chislehurst, BR7 5JX
Received 27 Jan 2025117 Charterhouse Road, Orpington, BR6 9EP
Received 2 Jul 202326 Keston Gardens, Keston, BR2 6BL
Received 3 Mar 202548 Barnmead Road, Beckenham, BR3 1JE
Received 31 Oct 202210 Bromley Common, Bromley, BR2 9PD
Received 4 Mar 2024The Oaks , Manor Park, Chislehurst, BR7 5QE
Received 4 Mar 202118 Barnmead Road, Beckenham, BR3 1JE
Received 29 Jun 20233 Gleeson Drive, Orpington, BR6 9LJ
Received 1 Feb 20216 High Mead, West Wickham, BR4 9AD
Received 17 Mar 202198 Crockenhill Road, Orpington, BR5 4DF
Received 20 Jun 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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