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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.
9,371 approved · 2,749 refused · 321 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 22 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Casa Bello, 13A Court Farm Road, Mottingham, London, SE9 4JH
Received 3 Jan 20257 Oakhill Road, Beckenham, BR3 6NG
Received 7 Mar 202561 Durham Road, Shortlands, Bromley, BR2 0SN
Received 16 Dec 202415 Mosslea Road, Bromley, BR2 9PS
Received 17 Mar 2025Flat 1, 32 Hamlet Road, Anerley, London, SE19 2AW
Received 11 Apr 2023105 Hayes Way, Beckenham, BR3 6RR
Received 15 May 2023Southernwood, Manor Park, Chislehurst, BR7 5QD
Received 1 Nov 202432 Randolph Road, Bromley, BR2 8PU
Received 8 Dec 2023Cray Police Office, 43 - 45 High Street, St Mary Cray, Orpington, BR5 3NJ
Received 15 Jan 2025Darrick Wood Secondary School, Lovibonds Avenue, Orpington, BR6 8ER
Received 17 Jan 2024Archies Stables, Cudham Lane North, Cudham, Sevenoaks, TN14 7QT
Received 5 Sept 2023Shaw Trust House, 19 Elmfield Road, Bromley, BR1 1LT
Received 21 Nov 2022Whiteoak Court Nursing Home, 15 Selby Close, Chislehurst, BR7 5RU
Received 19 May 2023Southernwood, Manor Park, Chislehurst, BR7 5QD
Received 20 Mar 202526 Magdalen Grove, Orpington, BR6 9WE
Received 29 Feb 202434 Manor Way, Beckenham, BR3 3LJ
Received 10 Oct 2022The Vent House, Susan Wood, Chislehurst, BR7 5NG
Received 9 Oct 2023Riverside, Main Road, St Pauls Cray, Orpington, BR5 3HQ
Received 12 Feb 2025Unit 1, Kangley Business Centre, Kangley Bridge Road, Lower Sydenham, London, SE26 5AQ
Received 10 Sept 202411 The Glade, West Wickham, BR4 9LH
Received 31 Dec 202418 Forest Drive, Keston, BR2 6EF
Received 27 Oct 2023Bramlyns, Cudham Lane North, Cudham, Sevenoaks, TN14 7RD
Received 3 May 202418 Southend Road, Beckenham, BR3 1SD
Received 22 Apr 202525 The Chenies, Petts Wood, Orpington, BR6 0ED
Received 11 Dec 2024Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
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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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