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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.
8,678 approved · 2,531 refused · 297 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 28 Dec 2022 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
49 Barnfield Wood Road, Beckenham, BR3 6ST
Received 20 Sept 202317 Grosvenor Road, Petts Wood, Orpington, BR5 1QT
Received 23 Nov 202318 Homefield Rise, Orpington, BR6 0RU
Received 23 Feb 2023North Lodge, Kemnal Road, Chislehurst, BR7 6LY
Received 9 Nov 2023The Manor House, Duggan Drive, Chislehurst, BR7 5EJ
Received 27 Apr 202326 Oakway, Shortlands, Bromley, BR2 0LJ
Received 18 Jan 2024Y Buildings, Bromley Civic Centre, Stockwell Close, Bromley
Received 1 Jul 2024Flat 2, 12A Beckenham Grove, Shortlands, Bromley, BR2 0JU
Received 8 Nov 202475 Downs Hill, Beckenham, BR3 5HD
Received 26 Mar 20247 Widmore Road, Bromley, BR1 1RL
Received 5 Apr 2024Land Fronting 271 - 277, High Street, Orpington
Received 31 Mar 2025Manor Cottage, Manor Park, Chislehurst, BR7 5QE
Received 27 Mar 202363 Great Thrift, Petts Wood, Orpington, BR5 1NF
Received 16 May 2023College Meadow Pavilion And Sports Ground, 69 Marvels Lane, Grove Park, London, SE12 9PH
Received 4 Mar 20247 Spinney Oak, Bickley, Bromley, BR1 2NS
Received 26 May 20231 Kydbrook Close, Petts Wood, Orpington, BR5 1DW
Received 25 Jan 202398 High Street, Bromley, BR1 1EY
Received 9 Feb 20232 Saphora Close, Orpington, BR6 7TG
Received 6 Nov 202344 Bickley Crescent, Bickley, Bromley, BR1 2DW
Received 1 Mar 2023121 Leaves Green Road, Keston, BR2 6DG
Received 15 Feb 202344 Allenby Road, Biggin Hill, TN16 3LG
Received 8 Feb 2023Abbots Park House, Orpington Road, Chislehurst, BR7 6RA
Received 3 Feb 2023Yeoman House, 63 Croydon Road, Penge, London, SE20 7AY
Received 15 Jun 2023Pari, Westerham Road, Keston, BR2 6HH
Received 21 Jul 2023Records 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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