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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
16,855 approved · 4,461 refused · 605 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 10 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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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Half Acre Cottage, Holwood Park Avenue, Orpington, BR6 8NG
Received 28 Apr 202192 Thicket Road, Penge, London, SE20 8DY
Received 19 Apr 202114 Holywell Close, Orpington, BR6 9XP
Received 10 Nov 202124 The Chenies, Petts Wood, Orpington, BR6 0ED
Received 6 Dec 2022All Saints Catholic School, Layhams Road, West Wickham, BR4 9HN
Received 11 Sept 20208 Royal Parade, Chislehurst, BR7 6NR
Received 13 Jan 2021Unit 1, Mighty Distribution Centre, Cray Avenue, Orpington, BR5 3RX
Received 22 Jul 20211 Keith Cottages, Luxted Road, Downe, Orpington, BR6 7JY
Received 20 Dec 20214 Alexandra Cottages, Hardings Lane, Penge, London, SE20 7JJ
Received 18 Jan 202326A Minster Road, Bromley, BR1 4DZ
Received 21 Sept 2023Eldridge, Southill Road, Chislehurst, BR7 5EE
Received 27 Mar 2025151 Anerley Road, Penge, London, SE20 8EF
Received 8 Mar 202175 Ramsden Road, Orpington, BR5 4LU
Received 13 Mar 202434 Stanley Avenue, Beckenham, BR3 6PX
Received 4 Nov 20243 Spring Grove, Anerley, London, SE19 2TD
Received 6 Nov 2023National Westminster Bank Sports Ground , Copers Cope Road, Beckenham, BR3 1NZ
Received 16 Oct 20206 Cedar Copse, Bickley, Bromley, BR1 2NY
Received 28 Sept 202229 Hartfield Crescent, West Wickham, BR4 9DW
Received 16 Jun 202110 Spring Gardens, Biggin Hill, TN16 3PN
Received 2 Apr 202512 Newing Green, Bromley, BR1 2TD
Received 24 Nov 20214 Wells Road, Bickley, Bromley, BR1 2AJ
Received 27 Nov 2024249 Chislehurst Road, Orpington, BR5 1NS
Received 29 Dec 2020Potters Farm , Turpington Lane, Bromley, BR2 8JN
Received 1 Dec 202173 Harvest Bank Road, West Wickham, BR4 9DP
Received 24 Mar 2023Records 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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