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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.
8,915 approved · 2,587 refused · 304 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 24 Nov 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
35 Sandford Road, Bromley, BR2 9AL
Received 12 May 2025Resenda, Chelsfield Lane, Orpington, BR6 7RS
Received 9 May 20232 Ernest Close, Beckenham, BR3 3JE
Received 7 Aug 2023121 Castlecombe Road, Mottingham, London, SE9 4AS
Received 28 Feb 20231 Wistaria Close, Orpington, BR6 8LE
Received 20 Feb 202312 Wimborne Avenue, Chislehurst, BR7 6RQ
Received 23 Jan 202384 Shirley Crescent, Beckenham, BR3 4AZ
Received 29 Nov 202223 Top Park, Beckenham, BR3 6RU
Received 15 Feb 20232 Tudor Place, Belvedere Road, Anerley, London, SE19 2HN
Received 15 Jun 202321 Highfield Road, Bickley, Bromley, BR1 2JN
Received 19 May 20231 Old Hill, Orpington, BR6 6BW
Received 10 Mar 2023100 Eden Park Avenue, Beckenham, BR3 3HW
Received 15 Jun 2023409B Crofton Road, Orpington, BR6 8NL
Received 8 Mar 202376 Bromley Common, Bromley, BR2 9PF
Received 14 Jul 202325 Forest Ridge, Keston, BR2 6EG
Received 7 Sept 202329 Great Thrift, Petts Wood, Orpington, BR5 1NE
Received 29 Sept 2023Summerfield, 3 Freelands Road, Bromley, BR1 3AG
Received 30 Jan 2024316 Upper Elmers End Road, Beckenham, BR3 3HF
Received 29 Jan 2024128 Warren Road, Orpington, BR6 6JA
Received 2 Oct 2023The Manor, New Barn Lane, Cudham, Westerham, TN16 2HT
Received 9 Feb 202438 Cambridge Road, Penge, London, SE20 7XL
Received 5 Oct 202312 Willow Close, Orpington, BR5 2AZ
Received 6 Dec 202358 Broxbourne Road, Orpington, BR6 0BA
Received 24 Oct 2023420 Southborough Lane, Bromley, BR2 8BH
Received 19 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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