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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
16,989 approved · 4,498 refused · 609 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 26 Aug 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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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38 Broadcroft Road, Petts Wood, Orpington, BR5 1EU
Received 29 Nov 202123 Sevenoaks Road, Orpington, BR6 9JH
Received 15 Jul 202218 Cambray Road, Orpington, BR6 0EE
Received 15 Nov 2022237 Crofton Lane, Orpington, BR6 0BL
Received 22 Dec 2023Willow Grange, 23 Commonside, Keston, BR2 6BP
Received 18 Sept 20249 Enderfield Court, Lubbock Road, Chislehurst, BR7 5JY
Received 21 Jan 2025Willow View, 16 Oakwood Close, Chislehurst, BR7 5DD
Received 25 Feb 202130 Highlands Road, Orpington, BR5 4JR
Received 30 May 202215 Bassetts Way, Orpington, BR6 7AE
Received 9 Jan 202311 Holland Way, Hayes, Bromley, BR2 7DW
Received 8 Jun 202340 Woodland Way, West Wickham, BR4 9LR
Received 26 Sept 202416 Henson Close, Orpington, BR6 8PN
Received 14 Jan 2025Warren Cottage, Warren Wood Close, Hayes, Bromley, BR2 7DU
Received 3 Nov 202125 Walden Avenue, Chislehurst, BR7 6EJ
Received 22 Oct 202019 Arthur Road, Biggin Hill, TN16 3DD
Received 3 Oct 202269A Albert Road, Bromley, BR2 9PZ
Received 12 Apr 2021212 - 214 High Street, Beckenham, BR3 1EN
Received 9 May 2022Footzie Social Club, Station Approach, Lower Sydenham, London, SE26 5BQ
Received 17 Jul 202317 Darwin Close, Orpington, BR6 7EP
Received 6 Dec 2023Flat 2, Holland House, 11 Sundridge Avenue, Bromley, BR1 2PU
Received 8 Mar 202150 - 52 Shortlands Road, Shortlands, Bromley, BR2 0JP
Received 4 Jul 202210 Princes Avenue, Petts Wood, Orpington, BR5 1QS
Received 24 May 202233 Raleigh Road, Penge, London, SE20 7JE
Received 26 Jul 202352 Cudham Lane North, Cudham, Sevenoaks, TN14 7RA
Received 20 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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