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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
17,489 approved · 4,603 refused · 629 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 13 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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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111 Elwill Way, Beckenham, BR3 6RX
Received 16 Oct 202449 Fox Hill, Anerley, London, SE19 2XA
Received 29 Sept 202051 Cintra Park, Anerley, London, SE19 2LQ
Received 16 Sept 2024306 - 310 Court Road, Orpington, BR6 9DA
Received 20 May 2025Castleford , 14A Pines Road, Bickley, Bromley, BR1 2AA
Received 26 Oct 202122 Lower Camden, Chislehurst, BR7 5HX
Received 23 May 202540 Harvest Bank Road, West Wickham, BR4 9DJ
Received 25 Feb 2021168 Sevenoaks Way, Orpington, BR5 3AE
Received 22 Apr 2021Transmitter Mast Highway Site (BR0031) Opposite Boating Pond, Cray Avenue, Orpington, BR5 4AA
Received 21 Jan 2021Western Motor Works (Chislehurst) Ltd , Perry Street, Chislehurst, BR7 6HB
Received 19 Mar 20212 Robins Grove, West Wickham, BR4 9DH
Received 2 Feb 2021The Rectory , Hayes Street, Hayes, Bromley, BR2 7LH
Received 20 Aug 2020London South East Colleges Bromley Campus, Rookery Lane, Bromley, BR2 8HE
Received 21 Sept 2023176 Beckenham Road, Beckenham, BR3 4RJ
Received 1 Feb 202168 Grove Park Road, Mottingham, London, SE9 4QB
Received 25 Sept 2020Pavilion And Public Conveniences, Goddington Park, Goddington Lane, Orpington, BR6 9DH
Received 20 Dec 2021Charles Darwin School, Jail Lane, Biggin Hill, TN16 3AU
Received 31 Oct 202311 Tredwell Close, Bromley, BR2 9RH
Received 15 Jan 20245 Newstead Avenue, Orpington, BR6 9RJ
Received 25 Feb 2025Swainmote, Raggleswood, Chislehurst, BR7 5NH
Received 30 Mar 2022Thiseldome Farm, Tatsfield Lane, Westerham, TN16 2EQ
Received 20 Dec 2023114 Goodhart Way, West Wickham, BR4 0EY
Received 24 Jul 2023Lothbury, The Drive, Chislehurst, BR7 6QS
Received 4 Sept 2024The Buff, Pinewood Drive, Orpington, BR6 9NL
Received 3 Mar 2025Records 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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