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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.
8,691 approved · 2,537 refused · 297 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Waitrose, 45 Masons Hill, Bromley, BR2 9HD
Received 7 Jul 2023106 High Street, West Wickham, BR4 0ND
Received 30 Aug 202313 Thorndon Road, Orpington, BR5 2SL
Received 3 Apr 202328 Goddard Road, Beckenham, BR3 4BN
Received 22 May 202314 Martindale Avenue, Orpington, BR6 6LJ
Received 28 Jul 202391A High Street, Orpington, BR6 0LF
Received 28 Mar 202330 Maberley Road, Beckenham, BR3 4DX
Received 10 Jul 2023250 Crofton Road, Orpington, BR6 8JQ
Received 11 Aug 202364 Avondale Road, Bromley, BR1 4EP
Received 15 Mar 2024105 Queensway, West Wickham, BR4 9DT
Received 21 Jul 2023Tanglewood, Berrys Green Road, Berrys Green, Westerham, TN16 3AH
Received 13 Jun 202325 Sefton Road, Petts Wood, Orpington, BR5 1RG
Received 15 May 20237 Blyth Road, Bromley, BR1 3RS
Received 6 Mar 20239 Castlecombe Road, Mottingham, London, SE9 4AU
Received 31 May 20234 Derwent Drive, Petts Wood, Orpington, BR5 1EW
Received 29 Sept 202314 Kennedy Close, Petts Wood, Orpington, BR5 1HP
Received 29 Jan 2024Land Rear Of 235 To 249, High Street, Orpington
Received 11 Mar 2024309 Beckenham Road, Beckenham, BR3 4RL
Received 1 Dec 20235 Elvington Green, Bromley, BR2 9DE
Received 4 Jan 202421 St Augustine's Avenue, Bickley, Bromley, BR2 8AG
Received 9 Oct 202426 Blenheim Road, Bickley, Bromley, BR1 2HA
Received 15 Feb 2024102 Charterhouse Road, Orpington, BR6 9ER
Received 5 Dec 2023Rice Parade, Fairway, Petts Wood, Orpington, BR5 1EQ
Received 10 Jul 2024Car Park Adjacent 118, Main Road, Biggin Hill
Received 25 Mar 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.
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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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