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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.
8,934 approved · 2,594 refused · 304 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 22 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Explore published planning boundaries and follow their source records for designation details. Coverage varies: an empty map does not mean there are no restrictions. Check the council’s current maps and documents before relying on a boundary.
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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.
37 Hillcrest Road, Orpington, BR6 9AN
Received 29 Feb 202410 Gates Green Road, West Wickham, BR4 9JW
Received 15 Sept 202363 Lusted Hall Lane, Biggin Hill, TN16 2NW
Received 11 Sept 2023110 Kent House Road, Beckenham, BR3 1JY
Received 18 Oct 202453 Downs Avenue, Chislehurst, BR7 6HQ
Received 2 Aug 20244 Novar Close, Orpington, BR6 0XA
Received 20 Mar 20242 Easterbrook Place, Hayes, Bromley, BR2 7FA
Received 8 Jul 202411 Lake Avenue, Bromley, BR1 4EN
Received 4 Jun 202410 Lovelace Avenue, Bromley, BR2 8DQ
Received 15 May 202425 Chatsworth Avenue, Bromley, BR1 5DP
Received 22 Mar 202416 Elmstead Lane, Chislehurst, BR7 5EG
Received 5 Aug 202441 Avalon Road, Orpington, BR6 9AX
Received 5 Jun 202418 Sylvan Way, West Wickham, BR4 9HB
Received 23 Jul 2024120 Durham Road, Shortlands, Bromley, BR2 0SR
Received 4 Apr 2024The Spinney, Single Street, Berrys Green, Westerham, TN16 3AB
Received 25 Jul 2024The Firs, Cudham Lane South, Cudham, Sevenoaks, TN14 7QE
Received 9 Sept 202423 Broadoaks Way, Bromley, BR2 0UA
Received 29 Oct 202486 Hayes Chase, West Wickham, BR4 0JA
Received 24 Mar 2025Land Adjacent To Frogpool Manor Farm, Perry Street, Chislehurst
Received 17 Sept 202412 Chesham Avenue, Petts Wood, Orpington, BR5 1AA
Received 13 Feb 2025299 Crofton Road, Orpington, BR6 8EZ
Received 19 Dec 202431 Brackley Road, Beckenham, BR3 1RB
Received 3 Feb 2025136 Wickham Way, Beckenham, BR3 3AR
Received 27 May 2025Squirrels, 26 Wilderness Road, Chislehurst, BR7 5EY
Received 27 Jun 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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