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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.
8,666 approved · 2,529 refused · 296 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 4 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Knoll Court, 18 Station Road, Orpington, BR6 0SD
Received 8 Feb 202347B Belvedere Road, Anerley, London, SE19 2HP
Received 3 Jun 202429 The Spinneys, Bickley, Bromley, BR1 2NT
Received 22 Mar 2023Acorns, 4 Forest Ridge, Keston, BR2 6EQ
Received 4 May 202310 Headingley Drive, Beckenham, BR3 1BH
Received 10 Nov 202362 High Street, Bromley, BR1 1EG
Received 31 Jul 2024Ruxley Manor Garden Centre, Maidstone Road, Sidcup, DA14 5BQ
Received 7 Feb 202421 The Chenies, Petts Wood, Orpington, BR6 0ED
Received 16 May 202319 Whitecroft Way, Beckenham, BR3 3AQ
Received 11 Mar 202483 Copse Avenue, West Wickham, BR4 9NW
Received 3 Apr 2023Flat 5, Walpole House, Manor Park, Chislehurst, BR7 5QG
Received 27 Mar 2024Little Byfield, Kemnal Road, Chislehurst, BR7 6LY
Received 10 Sept 2024Martins Hill Lodge, Glassmill Lane, Bromley, BR2 0EJ
Received 24 Feb 202528 The Covert, Petts Wood, Orpington, BR6 0BU
Received 12 May 20231 St Augustine's Avenue, Bickley, Bromley, BR2 8AG
Received 24 Jan 2025Bluebell Lodge, 37 Holbrook Lane, Chislehurst, BR7 6PE
Received 19 Feb 2024114 St Paul's Wood Hill, Orpington, BR5 2SR
Received 5 Jun 2025Loxwood, Holwood Park Avenue, Orpington, BR6 8NG
Received 3 Jul 20242 Asprey Place, Bromley, BR1 2PT
Received 7 Oct 2024Myallory House, 4 Elm Grove, Orpington, BR6 0AB
Received 20 Jun 2023Oakwood, 119A Bourne Vale, Hayes, Bromley, BR2 7NY
Received 21 Aug 2024London Borough Of Bromley, Waldo Road, Bromley, BR1 2QX
Received 14 Mar 2025103 - 105 High Street, Bromley, BR1 1JQ
Received 28 Jun 2023Parkdene, 37 Park Avenue, Farnborough, Orpington, BR6 8LH
Received 20 Dec 2024Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
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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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