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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.
9,239 approved · 2,701 refused · 311 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 12 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
127 Lovibonds Avenue, Orpington, BR6 8EP
Received 16 Dec 20222 Marwell Close, West Wickham, BR4 9QR
Received 6 Feb 202316 Langley Gardens, Petts Wood, Orpington, BR5 1AB
Received 23 Feb 202344 Avondale Road, Bromley, BR1 4EP
Received 5 Dec 202227 Bromley Grove, Shortlands, Bromley, BR2 0LP
Received 17 Oct 202419 Roslin Way, Bromley, BR1 4QS
Received 27 Dec 202253 Park Road, Beckenham, BR3 1QG
Received 14 Feb 202351 Avondale Road, Bromley, BR1 4HS
Received 7 Nov 202243 The Drive, Beckenham, BR3 1EE
Received 22 May 20234 Northumberland Gardens, Bickley, Bromley, BR1 2XD
Received 26 Jul 2023The Spa, 24 Beckenham Road, Beckenham, BR3 4PF
Received 7 Feb 20231 Devonshire Road, Orpington, BR6 0HB
Received 1 Jun 202355 Dawson Avenue, Orpington, BR5 3AY
Received 7 Jun 202346 Glanfield Road, Beckenham, BR3 3JU
Received 20 Apr 202328 Holbrook Lane, Chislehurst, BR7 6PF
Received 28 Jul 202379 Gates Green Road, West Wickham, BR4 9DE
Received 28 Jul 202373 Charterhouse Road, Orpington, BR6 9EN
Received 28 Jun 2023Sheepcote Farm, Sheepcote Lane, Orpington, BR5 4ET
Received 9 Aug 2023106A Wickham Road, Beckenham, BR3 6QH
Received 6 Mar 20239 Elham Close, Bromley, BR1 2TQ
Received 29 Nov 20234 West Hill, Downe, Orpington, BR6 7JJ
Received 22 Jan 202423 Footbury Hill Road, Orpington, BR6 0HP
Received 7 Nov 2023Abbeyfield, 8 Oakwood Avenue, Beckenham, BR3 6PJ
Received 22 Jan 202434 St Paul's Wood Hill, Orpington, BR5 2SY
Received 27 Aug 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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