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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
17,068 approved · 4,507 refused · 611 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 20 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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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111 Maple Road, Penge, London, Bromley, SE20 8LP
Received 24 May 202119 Ashleigh Road, Penge, London, SE20 7YW
Received 25 Jan 202232 Lakeswood Road, Petts Wood, Orpington, BR5 1BJ
Received 20 Oct 2023Bromley Valley Gymnastics Centre, Chipperfield Road, Orpington, BR5 2QR
Received 25 Apr 202387 Bourne Road, Bromley, BR2 9PB
Received 23 Mar 202374 Elmstead Lane, Chislehurst, BR7 5EL
Received 14 May 202433 Vancouver Close, Orpington, BR6 9XQ
Received 6 Aug 2024The Gables, Farnborough Hill, Orpington, BR6 7EQ
Received 8 Nov 2024117 Venner Road, Sydenham, London, SE26 5HU
Received 19 Mar 20255 Cookham Dene Close, Chislehurst, BR7 5QW
Received 1 Dec 20201 Brockdene Drive, Keston, BR2 6HD
Received 6 Jun 202432 Vincent Square, Biggin Hill, TN16 3EL
Received 13 Oct 2023Oak Lodge, Raggleswood, Chislehurst, BR7 5NH
Received 12 Sept 202233 Wickham Way, Beckenham, BR3 3AE
Received 18 Apr 2024Chislehurst Sports And Country Club, Elmstead Lane, Chislehurst, BR7 5EL
Received 27 Oct 202327 Dale Wood Road, Orpington, BR6 0BY
Received 5 Oct 202012 Marlowe Close, Chislehurst, BR7 6ND
Received 2 May 2023West Wickham Library, Glebe Way, West Wickham, BR4 0SH
Received 15 Dec 2022Chislehurst Caves, Old Hill, Chislehurst, BR7 5NB
Received 19 Dec 20227 Alexandra Cottages , Hardings Lane, Penge, London, SE20 7JJ
Received 1 Sept 2020Deerwood House , Woodlands Road, Bickley, Bromley, BR1 2AD
Received 17 Nov 2021Northlands, 165 Widmore Road, Bromley, BR1 3AN
Received 27 Apr 202317 Sundridge Avenue, Bromley, BR1 2PU
Received 6 Jul 2023Holly Trees, Avondale Road, Bromley, BR1 4HT
Received 1 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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