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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
17,555 approved · 4,622 refused · 632 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 6 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Land Rear Of 100, Venner Road, Sydenham, London
Received 21 Oct 202491 Palace Road, Bromley, BR1 3JX
Received 6 Mar 202556 Wood Ride, Petts Wood, Orpington, BR5 1PY
Received 27 Mar 2025Palm Tree House, 251 High Street, Orpington, BR6 0NT
Received 16 Nov 202064 Breakspears Drive, Orpington, Bromley, BR5 2RY
Received 15 May 2021106 Shortlands Road, Shortlands, Bromley, BR2 0JP
Received 18 Oct 2021Land Rear Of 50 To 54, Cudham Lane North, Cudham, Sevenoaks
Received 30 Oct 2023Edgebury Grazing Land, Slades Drive, Chislehurst
Received 29 Sept 202228 Overhill Way, Beckenham, BR3 6SW
Received 29 Feb 20247 Warren Avenue, Orpington, BR6 6HX
Received 14 Oct 2024Kingswood Centre, Hayes Lane, Hayes, Bromley, BR2 9EA
Received 27 Jun 202417 Chesham Road, Penge, London, SE20 7RH
Received 3 Apr 2025Tanglewood Farm, Skibbs Lane, Orpington, BR5 4HA
Received 24 Jan 2022227 Pickhurst Lane, West Wickham, BR4 0HJ
Received 5 Jan 202234 HIGH BEECHES, ORPINGTON, BR6 6EF
Received 4 Jul 2025MOTTINGHAM HALL NURSERY, MOTTINGHAM LANE, MOTTINGHAM, LONDON, SE9 4RW
Received 7 Jul 202533 CHALK PIT AVENUE, ORPINGTON, BR5 3JJ
Received 7 Jul 202572 Widmore Road, Bromley, BR1 3BD
Received 2 Jul 202512 PARK HILL, BICKLEY, BROMLEY, BR1 2JH
Received 7 Jul 2025PINEWOOD, WILLOW GROVE, CHISLEHURST, BR7 5BT
Received 7 Jul 2025LANGLEY PARK SCHOOL FOR BOYS, HAWKSBROOK LANE, BECKENHAM, BR3 3BP
Received 7 Jul 202520 OAKDENE ROAD, ORPINGTON, BR5 2AJ
Received 7 Jul 2025LAKE HOUSE, THICKET ROAD, PENGE, LONDON, SE20 8DP
Received 7 Jul 202533 BROADCROFT ROAD, PETTS WOOD, ORPINGTON, BR5 1ET
Received 7 Jul 2025Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
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Set up an area alertStart with the address or application reference. Open a record to read the proposal, dates and available documents, then check the official register for the latest plans and consultation details. If nothing appears, check coverage before treating the result as a complete planning history.
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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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