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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17,500 approved · 4,607 refused · 629 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
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Received 8 Jul 202240 Norlands Crescent, Chislehurst, BR7 5RN
Received 3 Apr 2023Kemnal Park Cemetery, Sidcup By Pass Road, Chislehurst, BR7 6RR
Received 20 Jun 202240 Masons Hill, Bromley, BR2 9JG
Received 27 Mar 20241B Greys Park Close, Keston, BR2 6BD
Received 24 Aug 2023Magnolia, Cricket Ground Road, Chislehurst, BR7 5HD
Received 16 Sept 2021Hayes Grove Priory Hospital, Prestons Road, Hayes, Bromley, BR2 7AS
Received 4 May 202321 Alexandra Road, Biggin Hill, TN16 3NZ
Received 8 Jul 202137 Ravenswood Avenue, West Wickham, BR4 0PN
Received 10 Sept 2024225 Worlds End Lane, Orpington, BR6 6AT
Received 20 Apr 202111 Hartfield Road, West Wickham, BR4 9DA
Received 12 Apr 2024Chinbook Meadows, Portland Road, Bromley
Received 1 Oct 202058 Homesdale Road, Bromley, BR2 9LD
Received 6 Apr 202131 Chesham Road, Penge, London, SE20 7RJ
Received 26 Aug 20211 Hewitts Farm Cottages, Hewitts Road, Orpington, BR6 7QR
Received 27 Mar 20245 Broadoaks Way, Bromley, BR2 0UA
Received 25 Sept 202424 Powster Road, Bromley, BR1 5HF
Received 13 Jan 2025The Kings Arms , Leaves Green Road, Keston, BR2 6DU
Received 8 Sept 2021241 Chislehurst Road, Orpington, BR5 1NS
Received 22 Jun 202325 Silverdale Road, Petts Wood, Orpington, BR5 1NH
Received 10 Feb 202537 College Road, Bromley, BR1 3PU
Received 21 Dec 20233 The Chenies, Petts Wood, Orpington, BR6 0ED
Received 30 Apr 2025Site Of Former 41 Sunningvale Avenue, Sunningvale Close, Biggin Hill
Received 11 Oct 2022Kemnal Park Cemetery, Sidcup By Pass Road, Chislehurst, BR7 6RR
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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