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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.
8,536 approved · 2,500 refused · 290 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
2 Yeovil Close, Orpington, BR6 8BT
Received 23 Feb 2024Street Record, Grangewood Lane, Beckenham
Received 22 Mar 20232 Belmont Parade, Green Lane, Chislehurst, BR7 6AN
Received 19 May 2023101 Farnaby Road, Bromley, BR1 4BN
Received 11 Oct 202321 Harrow Gardens, Orpington, BR6 9WD
Received 12 Feb 202436 Chelsfield Road, Orpington, BR5 4DW
Received 30 Sept 2024Red Roof, The Hillside, Orpington, BR6 7SD
Received 25 Jan 202447 Beadon Road, Bromley, BR2 9AS
Received 13 Sept 202343 Crest Road, Hayes, Bromley, BR2 7JA
Received 1 Dec 202311 Glyndebourne Park, Orpington, BR6 8EX
Received 24 Aug 202323 Hazelwood Road, Cudham, Sevenoaks, TN14 7QU
Received 11 Dec 2023Highgrove House, 8 Highgrove Close, Chislehurst, BR7 5SA
Received 9 Nov 202312 Breakspears Drive, Orpington, BR5 2RU
Received 11 Mar 202462 Nightingale Road, Petts Wood, Orpington, BR5 1BQ
Received 7 Sept 202398 Belmont Lane, Chislehurst, BR7 6BN
Received 3 Jun 2024Green Haven, 8A Addison Close, Petts Wood, Orpington, BR5 1DS
Received 19 Jun 202471 Whitmore Road, Beckenham, BR3 3NX
Received 15 Apr 2024Courtways, Bickley Park Road, Bickley, Bromley, BR1 2AY
Received 3 Sept 202444 Greenways, Beckenham, BR3 3NQ
Received 28 Mar 202522 Malling Way, Hayes, Bromley, BR2 7PJ
Received 2 Dec 2024Land Adjacent 131, Merlin Grove, Beckenham
Received 10 Jan 202535 Byne Road, Sydenham, London, SE26 5JF
Received 23 Apr 202513 Ryecroft Road, Petts Wood, Orpington, BR5 1DR
Received 15 Oct 2024205 High Street, Penge, London, SE20 7PF
Received 2 Apr 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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