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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17,068 approved · 4,507 refused · 611 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Sources: Planning Data conservation areas and Article 4 direction areas. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
4 Clarendon Green, Orpington, BR5 2PA
Received 8 Mar 2021Pucks Cottage, Hazel Grove, Orpington, BR6 8LU
Received 16 Jun 202133 Coney Hill Road, West Wickham, BR4 9BU
Received 26 Oct 2021Unit 6, Klinger Industrial Park, Edgington Way, Sidcup, DA14 5AF
Received 26 Oct 202214 Southbourne, Hayes, Bromley, BR2 7NJ
Received 13 Feb 202359 Star Lane, Orpington, BR5 3LL
Received 22 Sept 2022Nant Gwyn, Hawkwood Lane, Chislehurst, BR7 5PW
Received 18 Aug 202325 Chatsworth Avenue, Bromley, BR1 5DP
Received 22 Mar 2024Logmore, Stanley Road, Orpington, BR6 0ET
Received 26 Jan 2021The Chinese Garage Ltd, Wickham Road, Beckenham, BR3 6RH
Received 8 Dec 2020Farnborough Post Office , 135 High Street, Farnborough, Orpington, BR6 7AZ
Received 14 May 202120 Bushey Way, Beckenham, BR3 6TB
Received 14 Nov 2022Land At Junction With Sundridge Avenue, Orchard Road, Bromley
Received 31 Oct 202275 Glanfield Road, Beckenham, BR3 3JT
Received 2 Dec 2021Capel Manor College, Mottingham Lane, Mottingham, London, SE12 9AW
Received 27 Mar 20252 Coniscliffe Close, Chislehurst, BR7 5NW
Received 13 Feb 202417 Thornton Road, Bromley, BR1 5AP
Received 15 Feb 20242 Tudor Place, Belvedere Road, Anerley, London, SE19 2HN
Received 12 May 202520 Romany Rise, Orpington, BR5 1HQ
Received 17 Jun 20246 Felstead Road, Orpington, BR6 9AB
Received 6 Oct 2022Huntington Place, Chislehurst Road, Chislehurst, BR7 5LE
Received 6 Mar 202355 Cator Road, Sydenham, London, SE26 5DT
Received 24 Jan 20252 St Pauls Cray Road, Chislehurst, BR7 6QA
Received 21 Aug 202380 Hillcrest Road, Orpington, BR6 9AL
Received 2 Feb 2021Records 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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