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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.
9,172 approved · 2,679 refused · 308 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 21 Oct 2022 to 12 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 13 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
90 London Road, Bromley, BR1 3RL
Received 18 Jan 2024101 Beddington Road, Orpington, BR5 2TE
Received 29 Apr 202420 Crescent Road, Beckenham, BR3 6NE
Received 7 Mar 202311 The Glebe, Chislehurst, BR7 5PX
Received 2 Aug 20234 Copperfield Way, Chislehurst, BR7 6RY
Received 19 Feb 202465 Kenwood Drive, Beckenham, BR3 6QZ
Received 16 Jun 20232 Orchard Villas, Rushmore Hill, Orpington, BR6 7NB
Received 2 Aug 202365 Beechwood Avenue, Orpington, BR6 7EZ
Received 14 Feb 202414 Teynham Green, Bromley, BR2 9BY
Received 8 Apr 202422 Wood Ride, Petts Wood, Orpington, BR5 1PX
Received 31 Oct 202375 Croydon Road, Keston, BR2 8HU
Received 25 Jan 2023Oakhurst Piggeries, Cudham Lane South, Cudham, Sevenoaks, TN14 7QA
Received 7 Aug 2023Foxes Dale, Shortlands, Bromley, BR2 0JS
Received 26 Jul 2024Sterling Rose House, 35 Widmore Road, Bromley, BR1 1RW
Received 25 Oct 202319 Hartley Close, Bickley, Bromley, BR1 2TP
Received 11 Feb 2025Cedars, 42 Wilderness Road, Chislehurst, BR7 5EY
Received 30 Jan 202559 Sutherland Avenue, Petts Wood, Orpington, BR5 1QY
Received 4 Oct 2023Yellow Barn, Holwood Farm, New Road Hill, Keston, BR2 6AB
Received 10 Feb 2025Pinehurst, Church Approach, Cudham, Sevenoaks, TN14 7QF
Received 22 Dec 20235 Glebe Way, West Wickham, BR4 0SH
Received 17 May 202479 Coniston Road, Bromley, BR1 4JA
Received 11 Nov 202218 Edgeborough Way, Bromley, BR1 2UA
Received 25 Nov 20227 Ashley Gardens, Orpington, BR6 9NH
Received 14 Feb 202311 St John's Road, Petts Wood, Orpington, BR5 1HS
Received 13 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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