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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
16,793 approved · 4,444 refused · 602 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 16 Sept 2020 to 28 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
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9 Windermere Road, West Wickham, BR4 9AN
Received 12 Jul 2023Denis Hill Unit, Bethlem Royal Hospital, Monks Orchard Road, Beckenham, BR3 3BX
Received 26 Aug 202119 Royston Road, Penge, London, SE20 7QW
Received 14 Aug 2023Goddington Manor, Court Road, Orpington, BR6 9AT
Received 24 Jul 202350 Wood Lodge Lane, West Wickham, BR4 9NA
Received 24 Mar 2021204 - 212 High Street, Penge, London, SE20 7QB
Received 15 Jun 20233 Hillview Road, Chislehurst, BR7 6DR
Received 25 Mar 202476 Turners Meadow Way, Beckenham, BR3 4TG
Received 16 Nov 202149 Woodland Way, Petts Wood, Orpington, BR5 1NB
Received 30 Oct 202030 Elizabeth Way, Orpington, BR5 4BJ
Received 3 Apr 202342 Spur Road, Orpington, BR6 0QL
Received 23 Jan 202451 Haileybury Road, Orpington, BR6 9EZ
Received 30 Dec 202414 Warren Gardens, Orpington, BR6 6JD
Received 31 May 20221 White Horse Hill, Chislehurst, BR7 6DG
Received 16 May 202472 The Avenue, St Pauls Cray, Orpington, BR5 3DJ
Received 6 Feb 202550 Manor Way, Beckenham, BR3 3LJ
Received 21 Sept 202221 Bromley Common, Bromley, BR2 9LU
Received 30 Apr 20241 Ringwood Avenue, Orpington, BR6 7SY
Received 23 Sept 2020St Marys Roman Catholic Primary School, Westgate Road, Beckenham, BR3 5DE
Received 31 Mar 202216 Belmont Lane, Chislehurst, BR7 6BJ
Received 30 Jun 202120 Southey Street, Penge, London, SE20 7JD
Received 21 Aug 202443 Burlington Close, Orpington, BR6 8PP
Received 21 Dec 2022138 Ravensbourne Avenue, Bromley, BR2 0AY
Received 25 Apr 2023Land Adjacent 12, Blandford Road, Beckenham
Received 26 Oct 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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