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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.
8,439 approved · 2,467 refused · 285 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 5 Feb 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
13 Mosyer Drive, Orpington, BR5 4PN
Received 21 Feb 2024Eltham College Junior School, Mottingham Lane, Mottingham, London, SE9 4RW
Received 8 Nov 202352 High Street, Bromley, BR1 1EG
Received 7 Feb 202421 The Drive, Orpington, BR6 9AR
Received 16 Oct 2023106 Newstead Avenue, Orpington, BR6 9RN
Received 25 Sept 20232 The Approach, Orpington, BR6 0SH
Received 29 May 202412 Irene Road, Orpington, BR6 0HA
Received 21 May 20241A Winchester Road, Orpington, BR6 9DL
Received 18 Sept 202473 Clarendon Way, Chislehurst, BR7 6RG
Received 15 Mar 202418 Hillcrest Road, Orpington, BR6 9AW
Received 13 Sept 2024The Firs, Cudham Lane South, Cudham, Sevenoaks, TN14 7QE
Received 29 Mar 202412 St Georges Road, Bickley, Bromley, BR1 2LD
Received 22 Mar 20242 Grace Mews, Beckenham, BR3 1BF
Received 10 Apr 20248 Stanley Road, Orpington, BR6 0ET
Received 27 Feb 202562 Chislehurst Road, Orpington, BR6 0DJ
Received 10 Feb 202527 Gload Crescent, Orpington, BR5 4PR
Received 29 Nov 202454 Crescent Road, Bromley, BR1 3PW
Received 1 Apr 202538 Wellhouse Road, Beckenham, BR3 3JR
Received 25 Mar 20253 Rolvenden Gardens, Bromley, BR1 2TN
Received 22 Oct 202425 Moorfield Road, Orpington, BR6 0HG
Received 13 Nov 2024376 Southborough Lane, Bromley, BR2 8BH
Received 30 Apr 2025Berea, Sundridge Avenue, Bromley, BR1 2QD
Received 8 Apr 202555 Hayes Way, Beckenham, BR3 6RR
Received 23 May 202533 Glanfield Road, Beckenham, BR3 3JS
Received 28 May 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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