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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.
9,283 approved · 2,723 refused · 315 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Oast House, Croydon Road, Bromley, BR2 7AF
Received 21 Dec 2022David Lloyd Leisure, Stanhope Grove, Beckenham, BR3 3HL
Received 19 Oct 2023Old Town Hall, 30 Tweedy Road, Bromley, BR1 3FE
Received 3 Jan 202542 Vulcan Way New Addington Croydon CR0 9UG, Croydon Council
Received 18 Jul 202419 Stanhope Grove, Beckenham, BR3 3JB
Received 23 Aug 202457 Kangley Bridge Road, Lower Sydenham, London, SE26 5BA
Received 16 Jul 202430 Manor Way, Beckenham, BR3 3LJ
Received 15 Apr 2024KYN Bickley Care Home, Bickley Park Road, Bickley, Bromley, BR1 2AZ
Received 7 Nov 2023Sterling Rose House, 35 Widmore Road, Bromley, BR1 1RW
Received 1 Feb 202426 Copthorne Avenue, Bromley, BR2 8NN
Received 2 Feb 2024Crystal Palace Football Club Academy, Copers Cope Road, Beckenham, BR3 1NZ
Received 22 Dec 202347 Crystal Palace Park Road, Sydenham, London, SE26 6UR
Received 3 Apr 20236 Inglewood Copse, Bickley, Bromley, BR1 2BB
Received 19 Jul 202383F Foxgrove Road, Beckenham, BR3 5DA
Received 20 Sept 202342 Mada Road, Orpington, BR6 8HQ
Received 18 Jan 2023184 Leesons Hill, Chislehurst, BR7 6QL
Received 12 Dec 2022115 Lancing Road, Orpington, BR6 0QY
Received 7 Nov 202285 Gravel Road, Bromley, BR2 8PW
Received 18 Nov 2022179 Burnt Ash Lane, Bromley, BR1 5DJ
Received 1 Nov 202273 Castlecombe Road, Mottingham, London, SE9 4AU
Received 20 Feb 202315 Cedar Crescent, Bromley, BR2 8PX
Received 18 Nov 202251 Rowan Walk, Bromley, BR2 8QW
Received 7 Nov 202248 Upper Elmers End Road, Beckenham, BR3 4AN
Received 8 Mar 2023Bay Trees, Birch Mead, Orpington, BR6 8LT
Received 16 Dec 2022Records 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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