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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
17,180 approved · 4,525 refused · 615 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 10 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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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4 Dene Close, Hayes, Bromley, BR2 7JH
Received 4 Aug 2022Dreyside, Lodge Road, Bromley, BR1 3ND
Received 10 Jun 202283 Chatham Avenue, Hayes, Bromley, BR2 7QE
Received 25 Aug 2020Orchard Lodge, 1B Copers Cope Road, Beckenham, BR3 1NB
Received 22 Jun 202132 Elwill Way, Beckenham, BR3 3AD
Received 7 Feb 2025All Saints Catholic School, Layhams Road, West Wickham, BR4 9HN
Received 11 Sept 202014 Norheads Lane, Biggin Hill, TN16 3XS
Received 12 Mar 2021Den Barn Farmhouse, Cudham Lane North, Orpington, BR6 6BZ
Received 26 May 2022Coach House, 35A Oakwood Close, Chislehurst, BR7 5DD
Received 2 Mar 202329 St John's Road, Penge, London, SE20 7ED
Received 1 May 202467 Avalon Road, Orpington, BR6 9AZ
Received 17 Apr 20242 Parkside Avenue, Bickley, Bromley, BR1 2EJ
Received 14 May 2024Land To The Rear Of 83-89 Yester Road, Walden Road, Chislehurst
Received 27 Jan 2021Chelsham House, Bethlem Royal Hospital, Monks Orchard Road, Beckenham, BR3 3BX
Received 9 Sept 20221 Staverton Place, Bickley, Bromley, BR1 2GL
Received 15 Apr 202414 Wimborne Avenue, Chislehurst, BR7 6RQ
Received 11 Sept 2020Land Rear Of 55 Broseley Grove, Lewisham Council
Received 16 Sept 20222 Timms Close, Bromley, BR1 2GZ
Received 5 Jun 2024Edgebury Grazing Land, Slades Drive, Chislehurst
Received 9 Feb 202225 Anerley Road, Penge, London, SE19 2AS
Received 11 Jun 20245 Ferguson Close, Bromley, BR2 0LY
Received 14 Oct 202045 Furzehill Square, Orpington, BR5 3SN
Received 26 May 2023Westfield, Hazel Grove, Orpington, BR6 8LU
Received 21 Nov 20231 Ryecroft Road, Petts Wood, Orpington, BR5 1DR
Received 22 Apr 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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