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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.
9,395 approved · 2,755 refused · 323 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 20 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
12 Starts Hill Avenue, Orpington, BR6 7AU
Received 24 Apr 2024Bloomsbury Mansions, 101 Widmore Road, Bromley, BR1 3AD
Received 1 Jun 2023Wychling, Yester Park, Chislehurst, BR7 5DQ
Received 25 Apr 202430 Wimborne Way, Beckenham, BR3 4DJ
Received 22 Dec 2023Ironstone House, 205 - 213 High Street, Beckenham, BR3 1AH
Received 22 Jan 202430 Wimborne Way, Beckenham, BR3 4DJ
Received 14 Mar 202444 Edgebury, Chislehurst, BR7 6JW
Received 10 Jul 202364 Lovibonds Avenue, Orpington, BR6 8EW
Received 5 Jun 20253 Denbigh Close, Chislehurst, BR7 5EB
Received 6 Feb 202386 St Georges Road West, Bickley, Bromley, BR1 2NP
Received 6 Nov 202337 College Road, Bromley, BR1 3PU
Received 18 Apr 2024Oakhill House, 39 The Knoll, Beckenham, BR3 5JH
Received 8 Nov 20233 Duggan Drive, Chislehurst, BR7 5EP
Received 17 Aug 2023102 Ridley Road, Bromley, BR2 0EU
Received 14 Sept 202322 Coney Hill Road, West Wickham, BR4 9BX
Received 7 May 202468 Grove Park Road, Mottingham, London, SE9 4QB
Received 8 May 2024189 Worlds End Lane, Orpington, BR6 6AT
Received 21 Feb 2023Footzie Social Club, Station Approach, Lower Sydenham, London, SE26 5BQ
Received 12 Dec 2022Telson Lodge, Kemnal Road, Chislehurst, BR7 6LY
Received 4 Jun 2025Wild Wood, New Barn Lane, Cudham, Sevenoaks, TN14 7QH
Received 7 Aug 20234 Ash Grove, West Wickham, BR4 0QL
Received 26 Apr 2024106 Beckenham Lane, Bromley, BR2 0DW
Received 1 Feb 202323 Greenway, Chislehurst, BR7 6JQ
Received 30 Sept 202226 Felton Close, Petts Wood, Orpington, BR5 1AD
Received 6 Oct 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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