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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
16,836 approved · 4,455 refused · 605 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 14 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Sources: Planning Data conservation areas and Article 4 direction areas. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
2 Arragon Gardens, West Wickham, BR4 9LJ
Received 12 Jun 202423 Buckland Road, Orpington, BR6 9SR
Received 14 May 2021Downe Court Farm, Luxted Road, Downe, Orpington, BR6 7JX
Received 20 Mar 2024131 High Street, Farnborough, Orpington, BR6 7AZ
Received 15 Apr 2021Elmstead Residential Home , 104 Elmstead Lane, Chislehurst, BR7 5EL
Received 4 Oct 20213 West Common Road, Hayes, Bromley, BR2 7BX
Received 12 Jul 202149 Forster Road, Beckenham, BR3 4LH
Received 8 Feb 202231 Dale Wood Road, Orpington, BR6 0BY
Received 25 Apr 202257 Belmont Road, Beckenham, BR3 4HW
Received 27 Sept 202215 Grange Road, Orpington, BR6 8ED
Received 17 Dec 20242 Martins Road, Bromley, BR2 0EF
Received 5 Aug 202477 Malmains Way, Beckenham, BR3 6SF
Received 28 Sept 20234 Durban Road, Beckenham, BR3 4EZ
Received 29 Mar 2022323 Upper Elmers End Road, Beckenham, BR3 3QP
Received 8 Mar 2024The Hop & Rye, 54 London Road, Bromley, BR1 3QZ
Received 4 Mar 2022109 Aviemore Way, Beckenham, BR3 3RS
Received 17 Aug 202139 Shortlands Road, Shortlands, Bromley, BR2 0JG
Received 21 Feb 20233 Moxey Close, Biggin Hill, TN16 3GJ
Received 6 May 2025Crystal Palace Football Club Training Ground, Copers Cope Road, Beckenham, BR3 1RJ
Received 14 Jun 20249 Milestone Road, Anerley, London, SE19 2LL
Received 19 May 2025Pavement Opposite 572-574 Wickham Road Croydon CR0 8DN, Croydon Council
Received 20 Dec 202413 Sandringham Road, Bromley, BR1 5AR
Received 18 Mar 20217 Foxbury Close, Orpington, BR6 6EH
Received 20 Dec 20231A Whitecroft Way, Beckenham, BR3 3AQ
Received 11 Jun 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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