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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.
9,181 approved · 2,684 refused · 308 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 20 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
7 Saxville Road, Orpington, BR5 3AN
Received 20 Feb 202315 Derrick Road, Beckenham, BR3 3QG
Received 8 Feb 2023438 Main Road, Biggin Hill, TN16 2HW
Received 3 Feb 2023Summer Shaw, 156 Cudham Lane North, Cudham, Sevenoaks, TN14 7QR
Received 18 Jan 2023124 Worlds End Lane, Orpington, BR6 6AS
Received 26 May 202340 Plaistow Grove, Bromley, BR1 3PB
Received 7 Jul 202310 Frankswood Avenue, Petts Wood, Orpington, BR5 1BP
Received 30 May 202388 Plaistow Lane, Bromley, BR1 3JE
Received 15 Mar 202314 Greenway, Chislehurst, BR7 6JE
Received 12 Jun 2023Gandria, Manor Park, Chislehurst, BR7 5QD
Received 4 Apr 20231 Barts Close, Beckenham, BR3 3LY
Received 4 May 202318 Heatherbank, Chislehurst, BR7 5RE
Received 3 Aug 202334 Cleave Avenue, Orpington, BR6 7HB
Received 11 Aug 202314 Oaklands Lane, Biggin Hill, TN16 3DN
Received 12 May 2023Vine Cottage, 49 Chancery Lane, Beckenham, BR3 6NR
Received 10 May 20234 Bennetts Copse, Chislehurst, BR7 5SG
Received 22 Sept 202377 Pickhurst Rise, West Wickham, BR4 0AE
Received 24 Nov 202384 Abbots Way, Beckenham, BR3 3SF
Received 21 Sept 202353 Mungo Park Way, Orpington, BR5 4EG
Received 23 Oct 202341 Lovelace Avenue, Bromley, BR2 8DG
Received 14 Sept 2023Land Opposite 1 Maypole Cottages, Jubilee Road, Orpington
Received 20 Oct 20235 Daleside Close, Orpington, BR6 6ED
Received 22 Aug 202395 Palace Road, Bromley, BR1 3JX
Received 6 Nov 202311 Kinnaird Avenue, Bromley, BR1 4HG
Received 4 Dec 2023Records 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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