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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.
8,791 approved · 2,559 refused · 302 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 9 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
36 Greencourt Road, Petts Wood, Orpington, BR5 1QW
Received 20 Mar 2025Unit 2, 62 High Street, Bromley, BR1 1EG
Received 30 Dec 2024Park Court, 63 - 65 Wickham Road, Beckenham, BR3 6QN
Received 10 Jul 2023Unit 13, Metro Business Centre, Kangley Bridge Road, Lower Sydenham, London, SE26 5BW
Received 27 May 2025Foxhaven, Beechcroft, Chislehurst, BR7 5DB
Received 4 Dec 2024110 Barnfield Wood Road, Beckenham, BR3 6SX
Received 24 Jan 202392 Thicket Road, Penge, London, SE20 8DY
Received 7 Feb 20244 The Meadows, Orpington, BR6 6HS
Received 12 Jan 202465 Birkbeck Road, Beckenham, BR3 4SW
Received 17 Jul 202389 Pontefract Road, Bromley, BR1 4RB
Received 23 Oct 2023Maxbys, Raggleswood, Chislehurst, BR7 5NH
Received 23 Oct 2023End Kennel Block (South East) And Land Adjacent, Highams Court, Layhams Road, Keston, BR2 6AR
Received 16 Feb 202480 Barnfield Wood Road, Beckenham, BR3 6SU
Received 19 Dec 202222 Wickham Court Road, West Wickham, BR4 9LN
Received 28 Dec 20224 Dickens Drive, Chislehurst, BR7 6RU
Received 9 Oct 2024166 Ravensbourne Avenue, Bromley, BR2 0AY
Received 2 Jun 202516 Sutherland Avenue, Petts Wood, Orpington, BR5 1QZ
Received 29 Aug 20244 Copperfield Way, Chislehurst, BR7 6RY
Received 19 Feb 2024Land Rear Of 12 To 14 High Street, Station Approach, Beckenham
Received 31 Mar 202515 Durham Avenue, Shortlands, Bromley, BR2 0QE
Received 29 Aug 2023243 High Street, Orpington, BR6 0NY
Received 29 May 2025Land Fronting 21, Dalton Close, Orpington
Received 30 Jan 20232 Hazelmere Way, Hayes, Bromley, BR2 7PA
Received 18 Oct 202347 Sevenoaks Way, Orpington, BR5 3AG
Received 16 Oct 2023Records 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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