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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.
9,465 approved · 2,776 refused · 326 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 9 Sept 2022 to 13 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 14 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Explore published planning boundaries and follow their source records for designation details. Coverage varies: an empty map does not mean there are no restrictions. Check the council’s current maps and documents before relying on a boundary.
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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.
11 The Ridge, Orpington, BR6 8AP
Received 16 Dec 202414 Woodlands Road, Orpington, BR6 6EB
Received 6 Mar 202575 Chelsfield Lane, Orpington, BR5 4HG
Received 15 May 202549 Crystal Palace Park Road, Sydenham, London, SE26 6UR
Received 5 Mar 202548 Forest Drive, Keston, BR2 6EF
Received 13 Mar 20249 Pleasance Road, Orpington, BR5 3AR
Received 30 Nov 2023Old Town Hall, 30 Tweedy Road, Bromley, BR1 3FE
Received 17 Apr 20233C Church Road, Shortlands, Bromley, BR2 0HP
Received 1 Aug 202430 Camden Park Road, Chislehurst, BR7 5HG
Received 13 Nov 2023Firbeck, Yester Park, Chislehurst, BR7 5DQ
Received 12 May 202529 Cator Road, Sydenham, London, SE26 5DT
Received 7 Mar 2025154 Chislehurst Road, Orpington, BR6 0DT
Received 28 Feb 20246 Lindenfield, Chislehurst, BR7 5RG
Received 14 Jan 2025Flat 1, 17 Hamlet Road, Anerley, London, SE19 2AP
Received 4 May 2023172 Pickhurst Lane, Hayes, Bromley, BR2 7JB
Received 23 Nov 2023Weald House, Unit 1, 2 Southlands Road, Bromley, BR2 9QP
Received 23 Feb 202460 The Grove, Biggin Hill, TN16 3TD
Received 22 Nov 2022Land North Of 1 Park Hill, Southborough Road, Bickley, Bromley
Received 3 Oct 20223 Southill Road, Chislehurst, BR7 5EE
Received 21 Nov 20224 Marsden Way, Orpington, BR6 9TX
Received 3 Mar 202314 Dukes Way, West Wickham, BR4 9AU
Received 15 Sept 20228 Albany Road, Chislehurst, BR7 6BG
Received 15 Sept 2022154 - 156 Petts Wood Road, Petts Wood, Orpington, BR5 1LF
Received 19 Dec 20224 Hayfield Road, Orpington, BR5 2DW
Received 1 Nov 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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