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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.
8,530 approved · 2,496 refused · 289 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 23 Jan 2023 to 9 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 12 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
54 Hayes Road, Bromley, BR2 9AA
Received 27 Jan 2025181 Court Road, Orpington, BR6 0PX
Received 4 Jun 202577 Copse Avenue, West Wickham, BR4 9NW
Received 15 Jan 2024The Mitre, 164 Croydon Road, Penge, London, SE20 7YZ
Received 16 May 202443 Cedars Road, Beckenham, BR3 4JG
Received 7 Aug 202311 Barnmead Road, Beckenham, BR3 1JF
Received 20 Feb 20232 Hayes Close, Hayes, Bromley, BR2 7BZ
Received 16 Aug 2023Flat 1, Inglewood Court, 9 Oaklands Road, Bromley, BR1 3SJ
Received 26 Mar 20241 Asprey Place, Bromley, BR1 2PT
Received 12 Jun 202349 St Leonards Rise, Orpington, BR6 9NA
Received 21 Feb 20239 Windermere Road, West Wickham, BR4 9AN
Received 3 Mar 202375 Elwill Way, Beckenham, BR3 6RY
Received 7 Mar 2023Land North Of Hockenden Lane, Cookham Road, Swanley
Received 12 Jun 20232 Holly Road, Orpington, BR6 6BE
Received 3 Apr 2023Street Record, Park Avenue, Farnborough, Orpington
Received 23 Mar 202318 Meadow Way, Orpington, BR6 8LW
Received 12 Feb 2025Columbium Court, 2 Tweedy Road, Bromley, BR1 3FA
Received 20 Mar 2024122 London Road, Bromley, BR1 3RL
Received 3 Mar 202331 Manor Way, Petts Wood, Orpington, BR5 1NN
Received 15 Jan 2024Crittenden Lodge, Pond Cottage Lane, West Wickham, BR4 0QD
Received 30 Oct 202377 Avondale Road, Bromley, BR1 4HS
Received 6 Jul 202385 Kevington Drive, Chislehurst, BR7 6RW
Received 15 Jun 202388 Southborough Road, Bickley, Bromley, BR1 2EN
Received 20 Jul 2023135 Park Avenue, Orpington, BR6 9ED
Received 9 May 2023Records 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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