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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
16,656 approved · 4,419 refused · 594 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 28 Sept 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
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Tudor House, 50 Garden Road, Bromley, BR1 3LX
Received 6 Sept 202213 Wickham Way, Beckenham, BR3 3AA
Received 27 Mar 20251 Mantles Cottages, Holwood Farm, Shire Lane, Keston, BR2 6AA
Received 25 Jan 202185 Cumberland Road, Shortlands, Bromley, BR2 0PL
Received 21 Apr 202246 Manor Way, Beckenham, BR3 3LJ
Received 11 Apr 2024Norsted Manor , Norsted Lane, Orpington, BR6 7PB
Received 26 Oct 202059 Mounthurst Road, Hayes, Bromley, BR2 7PG
Received 10 Nov 202123 Elizabeth Way, Orpington, BR5 4BJ
Received 7 Feb 202422 Poyntell Crescent, Chislehurst, BR7 6PJ
Received 19 Jul 20215 Cheyne Close, Bromley, BR2 8QA
Received 12 Nov 20204 Wiverton Road, Sydenham, London, SE26 5HY
Received 1 Jun 2021101 Beddington Road, Orpington, BR5 2TE
Received 6 Jul 202229 High Beeches, Orpington, BR6 6EE
Received 8 Jul 202227 Eden Park Avenue, Beckenham, BR3 3HJ
Received 17 Dec 2022Little Orchard, Barnet Wood Road, Hayes, Bromley, BR2 8HJ
Received 19 Dec 20231A Manor Way, Petts Wood, Orpington, BR5 1NN
Received 27 Apr 20212 Goddington Lane, Orpington, BR6 9DS
Received 9 Dec 20246 Southwark Place, Bickley, Bromley, BR1 2LT
Received 17 Jun 202122 Great Thrift, Petts Wood, Orpington, BR5 1NG
Received 16 Aug 20247 Ashbourne Rise, Orpington, BR6 9PY
Received 21 Oct 202436B Albemarle Road, Beckenham, BR3 5HN
Received 11 May 202251 Avondale Road, Bromley, BR1 4HS
Received 18 Jan 202322 Melanda Close, Chislehurst, BR7 6NH
Received 10 Jul 202315 Robin Hill Drive, Chislehurst, BR7 5ER
Received 18 Mar 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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