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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
Explore collected planning applications and decisions for London Borough of Bromley. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
8,214 approved · 2,405 refused · 278 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 1 Mar 2023 to 9 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 11 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Contact details were found on council pages. Check the source for opening hours and which enquiries the service handles.
Explore published planning boundaries and follow their source records for designation details. Coverage varies: an empty map does not mean there are no restrictions. Check the council’s current maps and documents before relying on a boundary.
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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.
5 Fishers Wood Grove, Bromley, BR2 8FD
Received 8 Feb 202410 Fairmead, Bickley, Bromley, BR1 2JU
Received 14 Apr 202314 Hollydale Drive, Bromley, BR2 8QL
Received 21 Jul 202314 Milestone Road, Anerley, London, SE19 2LL
Received 13 Jul 20237 Denbridge Road, Bickley, Bromley, BR1 2AG
Received 2 May 2024McDonalds, 113 Hastings Road, Bromley, BR2 8NH
Received 18 Jan 202415 Helegan Close, Orpington, BR6 9XJ
Received 29 Jan 202417 Byne Road, Sydenham, London, SE26 5JF
Received 11 Dec 202334 Church Drive, West Wickham, BR4 9JJ
Received 1 Mar 202488 Wickham Road, Beckenham, BR3 6QH
Received 5 Feb 2024101 Farnaby Road, Bromley, BR1 4BN
Received 12 Mar 202444 High Street, Beckenham, BR3 1AY
Received 28 Dec 202385 Royston Road, Penge, London, SE20 7QW
Received 16 Sept 20245 Dowlerville Road, Orpington, BR6 6DY
Received 3 Jul 202431 Turnpike Drive, Orpington, BR6 7SJ
Received 5 Jun 202476 Hillcrest Road, Bromley, BR1 4SD
Received 28 May 2024Former, 56 Bourne Way, Hayes, Bromley, BR2 7EY
Received 22 Dec 202314 Hilda Vale Road, Orpington, BR6 7AN
Received 4 Jul 202494 Kingswood Avenue, Shortlands, Bromley, BR2 0NP
Received 14 May 20245 Westbourne Road, Sydenham, London, SE26 5NJ
Received 15 May 202429 Ravenscroft Road, Beckenham, BR3 4TP
Received 20 May 202483 Lullingstone Crescent, Orpington, BR5 3DY
Received 12 Jun 20246 Cunningham Close, West Wickham, BR4 9PJ
Received 27 Feb 20253 Fidgeon Close, Bickley, Bromley, BR1 2FG
Received 20 Jan 2025Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
View all applicationsStart 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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