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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
16,449 approved · 4,379 refused · 591 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 15 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Flat 1, The Cedars, 8 Lawrie Park Crescent, Sydenham, London, Bromley, SE26 6HE
Received 21 May 202112 Ladycroft Way, Orpington, BR6 7BY
Received 11 Jul 202233 Bird In Hand Lane, Bickley, Bromley, BR1 2NA
Received 27 Mar 2023461 Upper Elmers End Road, Beckenham, BR3 3DB
Received 5 Dec 202367 Leaves Green Road, Keston, BR2 6DE
Received 19 Oct 2023Daffodil Hill House, 65 Lubbock Road, Chislehurst, BR7 5JG
Received 24 Jan 2025Hillside Farm, Rushmore Hill, Sevenoaks, TN14 7NL
Received 12 Feb 202516 Renton Drive, Orpington, BR5 4HH
Received 24 Nov 202026 Lloyds Way, Beckenham, BR3 3QS
Received 29 Jan 2024161 Farnaby Road, Bromley, BR2 0BA
Received 4 Dec 202375 Station Road, West Wickham, BR4 0PX
Received 22 Jul 20216 Bromley Avenue, Bromley, BR1 4BQ
Received 1 Feb 202146 Gladstone Road, Orpington, BR6 7DZ
Received 17 May 202111 Martins Road, Bromley, BR2 0EE
Received 10 Nov 2022Land Adjacent To 1-27 Nettlestead Close, Copers Cope Road, Beckenham
Received 24 May 202310 Southover, Bromley, BR1 4RT
Received 11 Mar 202436 Courtfield Rise, West Wickham, BR4 9BE
Received 20 Jul 2022Flat 1, Oaklands, Kemnal Road, Chislehurst, BR7 6LZ
Received 14 May 2025Biggin Hill Airport Ltd, Churchill Way, Biggin Hill, TN16 3BN
Received 26 Aug 2022Frankie & Benny's, Farnborough Way, Orpington, BR6 7DH
Received 12 May 202560 Crampton Road, Penge, London, SE20 7AT
Received 10 Dec 20243 Garden Court, Oaklands Road, Bromley, BR1 3SN
Received 16 Apr 2024Church Of The Annunciation, High Street, Chislehurst, BR7 5AQ
Received 12 Aug 2024Tall Trees , Farnborough Hill, Orpington, BR6 7EE
Received 19 Jan 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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