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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
17,526 approved · 4,617 refused · 630 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 8 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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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80 Lynwood Grove, Orpington, BR6 0BH
Received 19 Jul 202130 Foxbury Drive, Orpington, BR6 6EL
Received 11 Jul 20228 Belmont Parade, Green Lane, Chislehurst, BR7 6AN
Received 15 Dec 20233 Den Close, Beckenham, BR3 6RP
Received 23 Aug 2024Coleridge House, 79 Bromley Road, Beckenham, BR3 5PA
Received 25 Mar 2024Second Floor, 132 - 138 High Street, Bromley, BR1 1EZ
Received 2 Oct 2023Elm View Court , 148 Elmers End Road, Beckenham, BR3 4TA
Received 22 Feb 20215 Brookwood Close, Shortlands, Bromley, BR2 0RP
Received 18 Aug 2020The Hayloft Suite The Dutch Barn, Bottom Barn Farm, Berrys Hill, Berrys Green, Westerham, TN16 3AG
Received 3 Dec 202015 Chatsworth Parade, Petts Wood, Orpington, BR5 1DF
Received 4 Jun 202114 Hollydale Drive, Bromley, BR2 8QL
Received 29 Feb 2024Trees, Coniston Road, Bromley, BR1 4JB
Received 7 Oct 202222 Goodmead Road, Orpington, BR6 0HX
Received 1 Mar 2021Thinkpad House, 155A Main Road, Biggin Hill, TN16 3JP
Received 22 Oct 202154 Elm Grove, Orpington, BR6 0AD
Received 10 Oct 202233A Meadow Road, Bromley, BR2 0DX
Received 14 Feb 2023Pickwick, Kemnal Road, Chislehurst, BR7 6LT
Received 13 Jun 202482 Beckenham Place Park, Beckenham, BR3 5BT
Received 31 Mar 2025Footzie Social Club, Station Approach, Lower Sydenham, London, SE26 5BQ
Received 10 Nov 2022White Earth, Snag Lane, Cudham, Sevenoaks, TN14 7RG
Received 15 Apr 2024Clifford House, 1 Calverley Close, Beckenham, BR3 1UH
Received 16 Feb 2024Primrose Farm, Jail Lane, Biggin Hill, TN16 3AX
Received 19 Aug 20245 Ravensbury Road, Orpington, BR5 2NR
Received 16 Dec 2020Access Way Between 30A And 32, Harvest Bank Road, West Wickham
Received 3 Aug 2022Records 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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