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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
17,468 approved · 4,597 refused · 628 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 14 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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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3 Warren Gardens, Orpington, BR6 6JD
Received 5 Feb 202322 Uplands, Beckenham, BR3 3NB
Received 24 Nov 202325 The Chenies, Petts Wood, Orpington, BR6 0ED
Received 3 Mar 2025Mundendorrie , Holwood Park Avenue, Orpington, BR6 8NQ
Received 14 Dec 2020The Bungalow, Hayes Mead Road, Hayes, Bromley, BR2 7HR
Received 29 May 202512 Ravensbourne Avenue, Bromley, BR2 0BP
Received 1 Jun 202132 Barnfield Wood Road, Beckenham, BR3 6SU
Received 30 Mar 202232 St Paul's Wood Hill, Orpington, BR5 2SY
Received 11 Jul 2022301 Court Road, Orpington, BR6 9BZ
Received 3 Apr 202328 Shoreham Way, Hayes, Bromley, BR2 7PU
Received 5 Dec 2023Everglades, 43 Shortlands Road, Shortlands, Bromley, BR2 0XW
Received 17 Sept 202434 Westland Drive, Hayes, Bromley, BR2 7HF
Received 18 Mar 202450 Cambridge Road, Bromley, BR1 4EA
Received 19 Nov 2020Hillside, Maidstone Road, Sidcup, DA14 5BD
Received 17 Mar 2021Insurance House , 38 Croydon Road, Beckenham, BR3 4BJ
Received 29 Oct 202037 Hillcrest Road, Bromley, BR1 4RX
Received 27 Aug 2020118 Shortlands Road, Shortlands, Bromley, BR2 0JP
Received 2 Feb 202431 Park Road, Bromley, BR1 3HJ
Received 23 Dec 202443 Hayes Wood Avenue, Hayes, Bromley, BR2 7BG
Received 7 Sept 202030 Wilberforce Court, Holwood Estate, Westerham Road, Keston, BR2 6HU
Received 7 Dec 2021Burnt Ash Heights, Pike Close, Bromley, BR1 5BN
Received 28 Nov 2024Doves House, 4 Cardinal Close, Chislehurst, BR7 6SA
Received 3 Aug 2020129 Crofton Lane, Orpington, BR5 1HB
Received 23 Jul 2020Priyanka , Hawthorne Road, Bickley, Bromley, BR1 2HN
Received 12 Oct 2020Records 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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