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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
16,406 approved · 4,370 refused · 586 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 21 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Willow Cottage, 62 Edward Road, Penge, London, SE20 7JR
Received 27 Jan 2021The Studio, Plawsfield Road, Beckenham, BR3 1FE
Received 21 Mar 2022Prospects House, 19 Elmfield Road, Bromley, BR1 1LT
Received 9 May 202273 Manor Way, Beckenham, BR3 3LW
Received 23 Jul 2024Carlton Court, Maple Road, Penge, London, SE20 8EY
Received 13 Apr 20232 Chatsworth Parade, Petts Wood, Orpington, BR5 1DF
Received 28 Mar 2024Chiverton, Oakley Road, Bromley, BR2 8HQ
Received 23 Aug 2021Ridgeview, Southill Road, Chislehurst, BR7 5EE
Received 10 Aug 202253 Broadoaks Way, Bromley, BR2 0UA
Received 5 Jun 20253 Heathfield, Chislehurst, BR7 6AF
Received 28 Jun 2023Flat 18, Clare Court, Lower Camden, Chislehurst, BR7 5JB
Received 8 Aug 20224 Norlands Gate, Norlands Crescent, Chislehurst, BR7 5QY
Received 24 Mar 2022121 Upper Elmers End Road, Beckenham, BR3 3QX
Received 16 Nov 202085 Crofton Lane, Orpington, BR5 1HB
Received 5 Mar 20211 - 5 The Mall, Bromley, BR1 1TR
Received 28 Feb 202221 Crescent Road, Beckenham, BR3 6NF
Received 17 Oct 20223 Woodlands Road, Bickley, Bromley, BR1 2AD
Received 27 Mar 2023Station Court Sevenoaks Road Halstead Kent TN14 7HR, Sevenoaks District Council
Received 5 Jan 2024129 Charterhouse Road, Orpington, BR6 9EP
Received 20 May 2024First Floor Flat, 47 West Street, Bromley, BR1 1RE
Received 6 May 2025Peter House, 1 Beckenham Lane, Bromley, BR2 0DB
Received 11 Nov 2020Flat 4 , 5 Woodlands Road, Bickley, Bromley, BR1 2AD
Received 1 Feb 2021306 - 310 Court Road, Orpington, BR6 9DA
Received 18 Mar 202538 Manor Way, Beckenham, BR3 3LJ
Received 4 May 2021Records 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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