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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
16,699 approved · 4,431 refused · 595 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 22 Sept 2020 to 27 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 30 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
42 Hazelmere Road, Petts Wood, Orpington, BR5 1PD
Received 27 Nov 202420 Baston Road, Hayes, Bromley, BR2 7BE
Received 19 Feb 2025108 Goddington Lane, Orpington, BR6 9DY
Received 15 Nov 202117 Limes Road, Beckenham, BR3 6NS
Received 25 Oct 2024Oakhill House , 39 The Knoll, Beckenham, BR3 5JH
Received 18 Jun 2021Trentham , Mead Road, Chislehurst, BR7 6AD
Received 2 Mar 2021Knights Court, 85 Kings Hall Road, Beckenham, BR3 1LR
Received 14 Jul 2022Oakwood Lodge, Oakwood Close, Chislehurst, BR7 5DD
Received 14 Oct 2020Troika, 15 Oakwood Close, Chislehurst, BR7 5DD
Received 25 Aug 202372 Shortlands Road, Shortlands, Bromley, BR2 0JP
Received 18 Jan 202341 Beckenham Road, Beckenham, BR3 4PR
Received 30 Aug 20221 Elm Road, Beckenham, BR3 4JB
Received 4 Mar 2024Lysvold, Morley Road, Chislehurst, BR7 5PP
Received 5 Oct 2020Trinity Church Of England Primary School, Princes Plain, Bromley, BR2 8LD
Received 27 Feb 20251 Birchwood Road, Petts Wood, Orpington, BR5 1NX
Received 5 Sept 2022Flat A, 1 Crystal Palace Park Road, Sydenham, London, SE26 6EG
Received 21 Dec 2022119 Copers Cope Road, Beckenham, BR3 1NY
Received 16 Feb 202170 Wordsworth Road, Penge, London, SE20 7JG
Received 13 May 202231 Hayes Chase, West Wickham, BR4 0HU
Received 15 Jun 202287 Southlands Avenue, Orpington, BR6 9ND
Received 5 May 202368 Petts Wood Road, Petts Wood, Orpington, BR5 1LD
Received 14 Jun 20211 Mayfield Close, Penge, London, SE20 8EJ
Received 13 Apr 202227 Warren Drive, Orpington, BR6 6EX
Received 27 Oct 2022149 Tubbenden Lane, Orpington, BR6 9PS
Received 3 Apr 2024Records 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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