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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.
8,960 approved · 2,607 refused · 305 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
18 Meadow Way, Orpington, BR6 8LW
Received 21 Aug 20241 Cookham Dene Close, Chislehurst, BR7 5QW
Received 5 Jun 2023Bank House, 113A Anerley Road, Penge, London, SE20 8AJ
Received 14 Feb 20231 Minster Road, Bromley, BR1 4DY
Received 9 Jun 20231 Marlings Close, Chislehurst, BR7 6RL
Received 22 May 202338 Randolph Road, Bromley, BR2 8PU
Received 21 Feb 2024West Wickham Library, Glebe Way, West Wickham, BR4 0SH
Received 15 Dec 20221 Elwill Way, Beckenham, BR3 3AB
Received 18 Feb 2025107 - 111 Anerley Road, Penge, London, SE20 8AP
Received 3 May 2024Riverside, Main Road, St Pauls Cray, Orpington, BR5 3HQ
Received 24 Mar 2025258 Chislehurst Road, Orpington, BR5 1NT
Received 30 Apr 202426 Lower Camden, Chislehurst, BR7 5JA
Received 26 Oct 20233 Lee Mews, 226 Croydon Road, Beckenham, BR3 4DL
Received 18 Dec 2024Camden Place, Camden Park Road, Chislehurst, BR7 5HJ
Received 28 Nov 202326 Scads Hill Close, Orpington, BR6 0EB
Received 8 Jun 20231 Station Approach, Lower Sydenham, London, SE26 5FD
Received 21 Nov 202215 Greencourt Road, Petts Wood, Orpington, BR5 1QL
Received 6 Dec 202210 Heatherbank, Chislehurst, BR7 5RE
Received 2 Feb 2023Lillys, Chelsfield Lane, Orpington, BR6 6NN
Received 23 Jan 2023106 Towncourt Lane, Petts Wood, Orpington, BR5 1EJ
Received 1 Feb 202336 Victoria Road, Bromley, BR2 9PP
Received 28 Dec 2022Commonside Car Park, Hayes Common, Commonside, Keston
Received 14 Aug 202316 Ashfield Lane, Chislehurst, BR7 6LQ
Received 29 Nov 20238 Mitchell Road, Orpington, BR6 9TP
Received 14 May 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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