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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
17,500 approved · 4,607 refused · 629 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 10 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Sources: Planning Data conservation areas and Article 4 direction areas. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
12 Merrydown Way, Chislehurst, BR7 5RS
Received 28 Jun 2023The Spinney, Old Hill, Chislehurst, BR7 5NB
Received 16 Jan 202311 Oxenden Wood Road, Orpington, BR6 6HR
Received 20 Oct 2020West Lodge, St Michaels, School Road, Chislehurst, BR7 5PQ
Received 20 Nov 202345 Barnesdale Crescent, Orpington, BR5 2AU
Received 25 Feb 202124 Footbury Hill Road, Orpington, Bromley, BR6 0HP
Received 19 May 202185 Crofton Lane, Orpington, BR5 1HB
Received 5 Mar 2021Uplands, Yester Park, Chislehurst, BR7 5DG
Received 24 Feb 2021Brinkley, 19 Woodlands Road, Bickley, Bromley, BR1 2AD
Received 1 Nov 2023Flat 8, Woodlands Court, Highland Road, Bromley, BR1 4AB
Received 28 Apr 202313 Davenant Place, Sydenham, London, SE26 6AT
Received 28 Sept 202024 Paget Gardens, Chislehurst, BR7 5RX
Received 21 Feb 202218 Lawrence Road, West Wickham, BR4 9DB
Received 12 Feb 2021Langley Park Golf Club, Barnfield Wood Road, Beckenham, BR3 6SZ
Received 10 May 2024Capel Manor College, Mottingham Lane, Mottingham, London, SE12 9AW
Received 14 May 2024Greenlands , Luxted Road, Downe, Orpington, BR6 7JX
Received 18 Mar 2021Flat 1 Rear Of, 141 Croydon Road, Beckenham, BR3 3RB
Received 12 Apr 202272 Hayes Street, Hayes, Bromley, BR2 7LH
Received 9 Mar 2023129 High Street, Penge, London, SE20 7DS
Received 19 Jan 20245 Lewing Close, Orpington, BR6 8RA
Received 15 Oct 202086 Manor Way, Beckenham, BR3 3LR
Received 14 Apr 20214 Inglewood Copse, Bickley, Bromley, BR1 2BB
Received 16 Jan 2023Tanglewood, Berrys Green Road, Berrys Green, Westerham, TN16 3AH
Received 26 Apr 2024Land Adjacent To Flat 1 Beckenham Court, The Avenue, Beckenham
Received 4 Nov 2024Records 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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