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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.
9,288 approved · 2,726 refused · 315 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 4 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
57 Harting Road, Mottingham, London, SE9 4JP
Received 21 Mar 2025Sherbrooke, Heathfield Lane, Chislehurst, BR7 6AH
Received 14 Oct 202416 Bonar Place, Chislehurst, BR7 5RJ
Received 24 Jan 202514 Ravenswood Crescent, West Wickham, BR4 0JJ
Received 7 Jan 20252 The Mead, Beckenham, BR3 5PE
Received 10 Jan 202515 Green Farm Close, Orpington, BR6 6DJ
Received 22 Nov 202449 Aviemore Way, Beckenham, BR3 3RS
Received 7 Feb 202554 Towncourt Crescent, Petts Wood, Orpington, BR5 1PJ
Received 14 Apr 2025243 - 247 Beckenham Road, Beckenham, BR3 4RP
Received 4 Mar 202536 Batchwood Green, Orpington, BR5 2NF
Received 23 Apr 20253 Haileybury Road, Orpington, BR6 9EZ
Received 1 May 202598 Addington Road, West Wickham, BR4 9BQ
Received 10 Feb 20257 Farrington Avenue, Orpington, BR5 3AH
Received 31 Mar 20254 Ninhams Wood, Orpington, BR6 8NJ
Received 12 Mar 202596 St James's Avenue, Beckenham, BR3 4HQ
Received 6 Jan 202546 Crescent Road, Bromley, BR1 3PW
Received 24 Jan 202534 Lynwood Grove, Orpington, BR6 0BG
Received 16 May 202511 Moat Close, Green Street Green, Orpington, BR6 6ET
Received 3 Jun 20259 High Street, Penge, London, SE20 7HJ
Received 6 Apr 202311 Manor Place, Chislehurst, BR7 5QH
Received 30 May 202452A Valley Road, Shortlands, Bromley, BR2 0HD
Received 19 Jun 2023Street Record, Park Road, Beckenham
Received 15 Jan 2024The Old Laundry, Hawkwood Lane, Chislehurst, BR7 5PW
Received 3 Feb 2025Flat 3, Berlay Mount, Susan Wood, Chislehurst, BR7 5NG
Received 22 Jun 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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