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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9,283 approved · 2,724 refused · 315 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
35 London Road, Bromley, BR1 1DG
Received 9 Jun 20231 Sefton Close, Petts Wood, Orpington, BR5 1RL
Received 5 Jul 202364 Sundridge Avenue, Chislehurst, BR7 5LU
Received 18 Sept 202339 Broadoaks Way, Bromley, BR2 0UA
Received 13 Nov 20239 Homesdale Road, Petts Wood, Orpington, BR5 1JS
Received 13 Jul 202350C Chatterton Road, Bromley, BR2 9QE
Received 26 Apr 202349 Beckenham Place Park, Beckenham, BR3 5BS
Received 21 Mar 2023Ribble Hurst, 45 The Avenue, Beckenham, BR3 5EF
Received 27 Feb 2023Land Rear Of 18, Scotts Lane, Shortlands, Bromley
Received 13 Apr 202327 Cromwell Avenue, Bromley, BR2 9AG
Received 14 Aug 202380 Burnt Ash Lane, Bromley, BR1 4DD
Received 10 May 20231A High Street, Bromley, BR1 1LF
Received 16 Aug 202338 Overbury Avenue, Beckenham, BR3 6PY
Received 11 Sept 202313 Penhale Close, Orpington, BR6 9XS
Received 10 Nov 2023179 High Street, Bromley, BR1 1NN
Received 25 Oct 202318 Chatterton Road, Bromley, BR2 9QN
Received 29 Nov 2023Land Outside 57 To 67, High Street, West Wickham
Received 11 Jan 20249 Teynham Green, Bromley, BR2 9BY
Received 29 Aug 202319 Burrfield Drive, Orpington, BR5 4BZ
Received 26 Jan 20242 Runciman Close, Orpington, BR6 7SZ
Received 19 Feb 202458 Malmains Way, Beckenham, BR3 6SB
Received 7 Mar 2024The Plestor, St Nicolas Lane, Chislehurst, BR7 5LL
Received 4 Sept 2023165 - 167 High Street, Orpington, BR6 0LW
Received 3 Oct 2023Old Bromlians Cricket Club, Hayes Lane, Hayes, Bromley, BR2 9EF
Received 4 Jan 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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