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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.
8,984 approved · 2,615 refused · 305 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 15 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
8 Wordsworth Road, Penge, London, SE20 7JG
Received 7 May 202413 Ronalds Road, Bromley, BR1 3PL
Received 13 Sept 2024125 Tubbenden Lane, Orpington, BR6 9PP
Received 21 Mar 202410 Chart Close, Bromley, BR2 0EB
Received 22 Apr 2024251 Crescent Drive, Petts Wood, Orpington, BR5 1AY
Received 9 Aug 20242A Birkbeck Road, Beckenham, BR3 4SN
Received 7 Mar 2024273A High Street, Orpington, BR6 0NW
Received 16 Dec 202418 Cambridge Road, Penge, London, SE20 7XL
Received 1 Apr 2025120 Petts Wood Road, Petts Wood, Orpington, BR5 1LF
Received 31 Dec 2024113 Widmore Road, Bromley, BR1 3AH
Received 23 Dec 202468 Kingsway, West Wickham, BR4 9JG
Received 4 Feb 202537 Stirling Drive, Orpington, BR6 9DW
Received 6 Mar 2025237 Leesons Hill, Chislehurst, BR7 6QJ
Received 30 Dec 202438 Knoll Rise, Orpington, BR6 0DD
Received 20 Jan 20253 Oakhill Road, Orpington, BR6 0AE
Received 1 Apr 2025Pantiles, Sevenoaks Road, Pratts Bottom, Orpington, BR6 7SE
Received 10 Dec 2024140 - 144 High Street, Bromley, BR1 1EZ
Received 27 May 2025101 Farnaby Road, Bromley, BR1 4BN
Received 19 May 202537 Old Hill, Chislehurst, BR7 5NB
Received 2 Jun 20259 Little Thrift, Petts Wood, Orpington, BR5 1NQ
Received 18 Apr 202354 The Grove, West Wickham, BR4 9JS
Received 22 May 202365 Pickhurst Lane, Hayes, Bromley, BR2 7JP
Received 24 Jan 2023Borough Council Depot, Churchfields Road, Beckenham, BR3 4QY
Received 17 Jan 202421 Lancing Road, Orpington, BR6 0QS
Received 22 Dec 2022Records 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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