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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.
9,316 approved · 2,735 refused · 319 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 29 Sept 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
36 Yester Road, Chislehurst, BR7 5HR
Received 27 Feb 202397 Queensway, Petts Wood, Orpington, BR5 1DQ
Received 3 Aug 20232 Daleside Close, Orpington, BR6 6ED
Received 24 Feb 202336 Highcombe Close, Mottingham, London, SE9 4QJ
Received 6 Mar 202397 High Street, Bromley, BR1 1JQ
Received 12 Dec 202238 Birch Row, Bromley, BR2 8DA
Received 15 Feb 2023151 Crescent Drive, Petts Wood, Orpington, BR5 1BA
Received 5 Dec 2022First Floor Flat, 398 Croydon Road, Beckenham, BR3 4EX
Received 3 May 2023161 Farnaby Road, Bromley, BR2 0BA
Received 9 Mar 2023Churchill Court, Masons Hill, Bromley, BR1 1DP
Received 24 Jun 2024104 Towncourt Lane, Petts Wood, Orpington, BR5 1EJ
Received 5 May 20238 Ravenswood Avenue, West Wickham, BR4 0PW
Received 17 Apr 202365 Bloomfield Road, Bromley, BR2 9RY
Received 1 Nov 202340 Hayes Wood Avenue, Hayes, Bromley, BR2 7BL
Received 28 Nov 2023129 Homesdale Road, Bromley, BR2 9LE
Received 6 Nov 202311 Fernwood Close, Bromley, BR1 3EZ
Received 22 Nov 202323 Anerley Road, Penge, London, SE19 2AS
Received 21 Jul 202361 South Eden Park Road, Beckenham, BR3 3BQ
Received 25 Jan 202465 Clarendon Green, Orpington, BR5 2NZ
Received 27 Sept 202326 Avenue Road, London, SE20 7RY
Received 11 Mar 202446 Links Road, West Wickham, BR4 0QW
Received 18 Dec 202314 Howard Road, Bromley, BR1 3QJ
Received 22 Aug 2023Lakedale, Woodlands Road, Bickley, Bromley, BR1 2AE
Received 12 Jul 202411 Barkway Drive, Orpington, BR6 8PQ
Received 5 Aug 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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