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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.
9,277 approved · 2,720 refused · 315 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
26 Faringdon Avenue, Bromley, BR2 8BS
Received 18 Nov 202213 Queens Road, Bromley, BR1 3EA
Received 13 Jan 202347 Beadon Road, Bromley, BR2 9AS
Received 15 Nov 202220 Crescent Road, Beckenham, BR3 6NE
Received 21 Nov 202252 Sandford Road, Bromley, BR2 9AN
Received 8 Dec 20229 Hayes Chase, West Wickham, BR4 0HU
Received 12 Dec 202258 Mounthurst Road, Hayes, Bromley, BR2 7PQ
Received 6 Mar 2023Mottingham Hall Nursery, Mottingham Lane, Mottingham, London, SE9 4RW
Received 4 Aug 20233 Marcellina Way, Orpington, BR6 9TA
Received 18 Apr 2023Arlington House, Nash Lane, Keston, BR2 6AP
Received 20 Jun 20238 Holbrook Lane, Chislehurst, BR7 6PF
Received 28 Mar 202315 Brimstone Close, Orpington, BR6 7ST
Received 25 May 202326 Standard Road, Downe, Orpington, BR6 7HL
Received 6 Jul 2023Holwood House, Westerham Road, Keston, BR2 6HB
Received 10 Mar 2023452A Blandford Road, Beckenham, BR3 4NN
Received 27 Feb 20234 Pickwick Way, Chislehurst, BR7 6RZ
Received 14 Feb 202463 - 65 Queensway, Petts Wood, Orpington, BR5 1DQ
Received 5 Dec 202325 Wood Lodge Lane, West Wickham, BR4 9LY
Received 6 Sept 2023Manor Place Lodge, Manor Place, Chislehurst, BR7 5QH
Received 24 Jun 2024Argovia, Cudham Lane South, Cudham, Sevenoaks, TN14 7QA
Received 26 Sept 2024Garage Adjacent 4, Byne Road, Sydenham, London
Received 19 Mar 202415 Roseberry Gardens, Orpington, BR6 9QE
Received 2 May 2024Car Park Adjacent 118, Main Road, Biggin Hill
Received 11 Mar 202413 Graveney Grove, Penge, London, SE20 8QG
Received 16 May 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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