Understanding planning · 13 min read
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.
8,569 approved · 2,507 refused · 291 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 18 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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.
Interactive planning map loads with JavaScript. Dataset sources are linked below.
Download Article 4 coverage for all authorities (CSV)
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.
8 Gleneagles Close, Orpington, BR6 8DW
Received 10 Sept 202412 Cromlix Close, Chislehurst, BR7 5SJ
Received 27 May 20242 Elwill Way, Beckenham, BR3 3AD
Received 9 Aug 20242 Onslow Crescent, Chislehurst, BR7 5RW
Received 8 Aug 2024Church Of The Annunciation, High Street, Chislehurst, BR7 5AQ
Received 12 Aug 202413 Matfield Close, Bromley, BR2 9DY
Received 13 Jan 20255 Barnmead Road, Beckenham, BR3 1JF
Received 16 Jun 20239 Braemar Gardens, West Wickham, BR4 0JN
Received 19 Jul 202427 Park Avenue, Farnborough, Orpington, BR6 8LJ
Received 31 Jan 202492 Malmains Way, Beckenham, BR3 6SF
Received 22 Jul 2024Amorra, Holwood Park Avenue, Orpington, BR6 8NG
Received 31 Mar 2025169 High Street, Orpington, BR6 0LW
Received 28 Apr 2025The Croft, Mottingham Lane, Mottingham, London, SE9 4RX
Received 7 Apr 202549 Allen Road, Beckenham, BR3 4NU
Received 25 Sept 2023Bullers Wood School For Boys, Chislehurst Road, Bromley, BR1 2NW
Received 7 Oct 20247 Ember Close, Petts Wood, Orpington, BR5 1AP
Received 10 Jul 202337A Blandford Road, Beckenham, BR3 4NE
Received 28 Sept 20236 Park Road, Beckenham, BR3 1QD
Received 6 Jun 202324 Great Thrift, Petts Wood, Orpington, BR5 1NG
Received 19 Jul 202422 Arne Grove, Orpington, BR6 9TT
Received 16 Jun 2023Community House, South Street, Bromley, BR1 1RH
Received 10 Jul 202421 Lynwood Grove, Orpington, BR6 0BD
Received 21 May 2024Eden Fields, Farthing Street, Downe, Orpington, BR6 7JB
Received 17 Apr 2023181 High Street, Bromley, BR1 1NN
Received 10 Sept 2024Records 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.
How to search planning applications
Understanding planning · 13 min read
Understand planning application documents, officer reports and decision notices. Use a reading checklist, document table and worked example to inspect a case.

Understanding planning · 13 min read
Read planning drawings, floor plans, elevations and sections. Use labelled diagrams, a drawing comparison table and revision checks to understand a proposal.

Property research · 13 min read
Understand planning approval rates with an interactive calculator, worked examples and comparison table. Check sample sizes, outcomes and coverage before comparing.
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.
Check collection coverage