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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.
9,535 approved · 2,804 refused · 329 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 31 Aug 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Firgarth, Yester Park, Chislehurst, BR7 5DG
Received 13 Jun 2023Dees Holt, Raggleswood, Chislehurst, BR7 5NH
Received 20 May 20231 Bromley Lane, Chislehurst, BR7 6LH
Received 21 Mar 20237 Avebury Road, Orpington, BR6 9SB
Received 26 Sept 202210 Speldhurst Close, Bromley, BR2 9DT
Received 25 Nov 202267 Hayes Chase, West Wickham, BR4 0HX
Received 12 May 2023285 Pickhurst Lane, West Wickham, BR4 0HW
Received 29 Nov 202244 Kingswood Road, Penge, London, SE20 7BN
Received 13 Oct 202227 Cudham Lane North, Orpington, BR6 6BX
Received 4 Nov 20227 Woodside Road, Bickley, Bromley, BR1 2ES
Received 19 Sept 202387 Lennard Road, London, SE20 7LY
Received 6 Feb 202321 Brabourne Rise, Beckenham, BR3 6SQ
Received 31 Oct 2022107 Chislehurst Road, Orpington, BR6 0DL
Received 16 Feb 2023The Gefferys Estate Community Hall, 27 Nunnington Close, Mottingham, London, SE9 4TA
Received 2 Jun 202315 Greencourt Road, Petts Wood, Orpington, BR5 1QL
Received 17 Apr 2023Phoenix Lodge , 14A Woodlands Road, Bickley, Bromley, BR1 2AP
Received 29 Aug 2023Barclays Bank, Langford House, 7 - 7A High Street, Chislehurst, BR7 5AB
Received 6 Apr 2023Minard Court, 160 Ravenscroft Road, Beckenham, BR3 4TW
Received 24 Mar 202355 Clarendon Way, Chislehurst, BR7 6RG
Received 22 Jun 20239 Manor Grove, Beckenham, BR3 5LB
Received 4 Dec 20238 Fairview Drive, Orpington, BR6 9NX
Received 28 Nov 20238 Pinson Way, Orpington, BR5 4FP
Received 21 Feb 2024The Warren, Cudham Road, Biggin Hill, TN16 2NS
Received 10 Nov 202339 Mosyer Drive, Orpington, BR5 4PN
Received 9 Nov 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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