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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.
9,271 approved · 2,718 refused · 314 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 5 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Explore published planning boundaries and follow their source records for designation details. Coverage varies: an empty map does not mean there are no restrictions. Check the council’s current maps and documents before relying on a boundary.
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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.
9 Whitmore Road, Beckenham, BR3 3NU
Received 5 Feb 202537 College Road, Bromley, BR1 3PU
Received 20 May 2024113 Homesdale Road, Bromley, BR2 9LE
Received 1 Aug 202437 College Road, Bromley, BR1 3PU
Received 21 May 202412 Doves Close, Bromley, BR2 8PJ
Received 1 Jul 2024Greensleeves, Woodlands Road, Bickley, Bromley, BR1 2AP
Received 12 Nov 202450 Langley Way, West Wickham, BR4 0DR
Received 23 Sept 202416 Slades Drive, Chislehurst, BR7 6JU
Received 29 Apr 2024Adshel 0106 0033 Outside 89 To 91, High Street, West Wickham, BR4 0LS
Received 6 Feb 202517 Chesham Avenue, Petts Wood, Orpington, BR5 1AA
Received 14 Feb 202557 Farnborough Hill, Orpington, BR6 7EE
Received 12 Feb 202511 Coniscliffe Close, Chislehurst, BR7 5NW
Received 18 Mar 20252 Eldred Drive, Orpington, BR5 4PF
Received 15 Jan 2025Langwell House, Willow Grove, Chislehurst, BR7 5BN
Received 11 Oct 202414 Belmont Parade, Green Lane, Chislehurst, BR7 6AN
Received 21 Oct 202420 Spur Road, Orpington, BR6 0QL
Received 10 Feb 202553 Rochester Avenue, Bromley, BR1 3DN
Received 7 Oct 202416 Fairview Drive, Orpington, BR6 9NX
Received 18 Nov 202422 Greenfield Gardens, Petts Wood, Orpington, BR5 1ES
Received 28 May 202514 Park Avenue, Farnborough, Orpington, BR6 8LL
Received 10 Jan 202426 Romney Drive, Bromley, BR1 2TE
Received 22 Sept 2023Heartsease Girl Guide Camp, Woodland Way, West Wickham
Received 12 Aug 20245 Newlands Park, Sydenham, London, SE26 5PE
Received 19 Dec 2022Nugent Shopping Park, Cray Avenue, Orpington, BR5 3RP
Received 23 Dec 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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