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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9,277 approved · 2,721 refused · 315 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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 Burford Road, Bickley, Bromley, BR1 2EY
Received 20 Jun 202431 Dale Wood Road, Orpington, BR6 0BY
Received 8 Jul 2024St Giles Centre, Church Road, Farnborough, Orpington, BR6 7DB
Received 22 Aug 202485 Copers Cope Road, Beckenham, BR3 1NR
Received 7 Jun 20242 Monivea Road, Beckenham, BR3 1HJ
Received 7 Nov 2024Logmore, Stanley Road, Orpington, BR6 0ET
Received 19 Aug 2024Scout Hut, Court Farm Road, Mottingham, London
Received 17 Oct 202463 Castlecombe Road, Mottingham, London, SE9 4AU
Received 10 May 202515 Elm Road, Orpington, BR6 6BA
Received 11 Oct 20242 Woodside Avenue, Chislehurst, BR7 6BU
Received 17 Mar 202523 Gwydyr Road, Bromley, BR2 0EX
Received 13 Jan 2025143 Parish Lane, Penge, London, SE20 7JH
Received 17 Mar 202569 Chaffinch Road, Beckenham, BR3 4LX
Received 22 Oct 202428 Petts Wood Road, Petts Wood, Orpington, BR5 1LB
Received 31 Oct 202424 Commonside, Keston, BR2 6BP
Received 1 Oct 202412 Woodside Road, Bickley, Bromley, BR1 2ES
Received 31 Mar 202510 The Woodlands, Orpington, BR6 6HL
Received 11 Apr 202544 Crofton Lane, Orpington, BR5 1HL
Received 31 Jan 202526 Kings Avenue, Bromley, BR1 4HW
Received 30 Apr 202524 Walnuts Road, Orpington, BR6 0RQ
Received 3 Oct 20243 - 4 The Mews, High Street, Beckenham, BR3 1BQ
Received 15 May 20254 Roundwood, Chislehurst, BR7 5RQ
Received 9 May 202519 Holbrook Lane, Chislehurst, BR7 6PE
Received 24 Aug 202324 Cudham Lane North, Orpington, BR6 6BZ
Received 27 Feb 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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