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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.
8,959 approved · 2,606 refused · 305 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 17 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
23 Knoll Rise, Orpington, BR6 0EJ
Received 6 Jun 202317 Cator Road, Sydenham, London, SE26 5DT
Received 12 Jul 2023Mallard Court, 65 Albemarle Road, Beckenham, BR3 5YD
Received 6 Jun 202388 Southborough Road, Bickley, Bromley, BR1 2EN
Received 15 May 202398 Gillmans Road, Orpington, BR5 4LB
Received 14 Apr 202324B Addington Road, West Wickham, BR4 9BS
Received 23 Mar 202342 Sunray Avenue, Bromley, BR2 8EW
Received 16 Jan 202420 Church Avenue, Beckenham, BR3 1DT
Received 2 Oct 202366 Salisbury Road, Bromley, BR2 9PU
Received 30 Oct 202315 Barnfield Wood Road, Beckenham, BR3 6SR
Received 23 Oct 202347 Mayfield Avenue, Orpington, BR6 0AJ
Received 23 Oct 2023185 Elmers End Road, Beckenham, BR3 4EH
Received 9 Feb 2024Shangarry, 1A Lawn Close, Bromley, BR1 3NA
Received 10 Nov 2023163 Crescent Drive, Petts Wood, Orpington, BR5 1AZ
Received 6 Feb 202411 Mereworth Close, Bromley, BR2 9DF
Received 28 Sept 202327 Greenways, Beckenham, BR3 3NQ
Received 20 Dec 2023117 High Street, Orpington, BR6 0LG
Received 24 Jun 2024Berwick Court, 1 Copers Cope Road, Beckenham, BR3 1NB
Received 17 Sept 2024Downe Court, Cudham Road, Downe, Orpington, BR6 7LF
Received 22 Aug 2024106 Sparrow Drive, Orpington, BR5 1RZ
Received 12 Jul 20249 Priory Avenue, Petts Wood, Orpington, BR5 1JE
Received 19 Jul 202451 Woodside Avenue, Chislehurst, BR7 6BX
Received 14 May 202415 Little Thrift, Petts Wood, Orpington, BR5 1NQ
Received 30 Sept 202467 Forster Road, Beckenham, BR3 4LG
Received 19 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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