Understanding planning · 13 min read
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.
9,502 approved · 2,794 refused · 326 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 5 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
Johnson Court, 143B Chislehurst Road, Orpington, BR6 0DS
Received 22 Apr 202518 Anerley Park, Penge, London, SE20 8ND
Received 1 Feb 202412 Bushey Way, Beckenham, BR3 6TB
Received 8 Aug 202413 Lancaster Close, Shortlands, Bromley, BR2 0QF
Received 22 Dec 202349 Barnfield Wood Road, Beckenham, BR3 6ST
Received 27 Sept 20225 Beech Dell, Keston, BR2 6EP
Received 25 Mar 2025Clifford House, 1 Calverley Close, Beckenham, BR3 1UH
Received 4 Jul 202478 Brow Crescent, Orpington, BR5 4LP
Received 21 Nov 20241 Foxhome Close, Chislehurst, BR7 5XT
Received 7 Feb 202439 Cator Road, Sydenham, London, SE26 5DT
Received 12 Feb 2024First Floor Flat, 11 Kelsey Park Road, Beckenham, BR3 6LH
Received 23 Oct 20235 Elderslie Close, Beckenham, BR3 3BB
Received 23 May 202326 Barfield Road, Bickley, Bromley, BR1 2HS
Received 24 Oct 20229 Goodmead Road, Orpington, BR6 0HX
Received 13 Feb 202317 Abbots Way, Beckenham, BR3 3RJ
Received 29 Dec 202248 Northlands Avenue, Orpington, BR6 9LY
Received 26 May 202324 Church Lane, Bromley, BR2 8LB
Received 31 Oct 202214 Stoneleigh Road, Bickley, Bromley, BR1 2FW
Received 19 Oct 202235 Lullingstone Crescent, Orpington, BR5 3EA
Received 23 Jan 20234 Spur Road, Orpington, BR6 0QL
Received 23 Jan 202320 The Avenue, West Wickham, BR4 0DY
Received 6 Dec 2022Ruxley Manor Garden Centre, Maidstone Road, Sidcup, DA14 5BQ
Received 25 Oct 2022Lakeside, Gwydyr Road, Bromley, BR2 0EX
Received 9 Feb 2023169 Crescent Drive, Petts Wood, Orpington, BR5 1AZ
Received 13 Feb 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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