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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
17,386 approved · 4,574 refused · 625 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 21 Jul 2020 to 30 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 31 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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76 Walden Road, Chislehurst, BR7 5DL
Received 18 Dec 202089 Heathfield Road, Keston, BR2 6BB
Received 22 Feb 2023Rose Cottage, Warren Road, Orpington, BR6 6ER
Received 26 Mar 202415 Barnmead Road, Beckenham, BR3 1JF
Received 23 May 202263 Copers Cope Road, Beckenham, BR3 1NJ
Received 1 Dec 2020230 Pickhurst Lane, West Wickham, BR4 0HL
Received 7 Jan 202264 Lubbock Road, Chislehurst, BR7 5JX
Received 6 Nov 202038 Crossway, Petts Wood, Orpington, BR5 1PE
Received 11 Feb 2021Towerfields, Westerham Road, Keston, BR2 6HF
Received 9 Oct 2023Burnt Ash Heights, Pike Close, Bromley, BR1 5BN
Received 1 Sept 2023Glebe Farm Business Park , Westerham Road, Keston, BR2 6AX
Received 27 Oct 202034 Dawson Avenue, Orpington, BR5 3AZ
Received 14 Dec 202014 The Fairway, Bickley, Bromley, BR1 2JY
Received 12 Oct 202247 Mayfield Avenue, Orpington, BR6 0AJ
Received 15 Feb 20235 Springfield Gardens, Bickley, Bromley, BR1 2LY
Received 9 Dec 2024149 Charterhouse Road, Orpington, BR6 9EP
Received 4 Apr 202550 Madeira Avenue, Bromley, BR1 4AY
Received 16 Sept 202070 The Highway, Orpington, BR6 9DJ
Received 22 Feb 202263 Lynwood Grove, Orpington, BR6 0BQ
Received 8 May 202475 Woodside Avenue, Chislehurst, BR7 6BT
Received 9 Oct 202416 Pickhurst Rise, West Wickham, BR4 0AL
Received 6 May 2025Crystal Palace Park, Thicket Road, Penge, London, SE20 8DT
Received 5 Mar 202445 Tregony Road, Orpington, BR6 9XD
Received 13 Nov 2024North Orpington Pumping Station, East Drive, Orpington
Received 4 Jan 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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