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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.
9,557 approved · 2,806 refused · 329 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 26 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
24 Drayton Avenue, Orpington, BR6 8JW
Received 16 Jul 202411 Oxenden Wood Road, Orpington, BR6 6HR
Received 8 Sept 2022Shortlands Railway Station, Shortlands Road, Shortlands, Bromley, BR2 0JA
Received 22 Nov 202339 Oregon Square, Orpington, BR6 8BH
Received 23 Feb 202471 Heron Court, Bromley, BR2 9LR
Received 20 May 2025Biggin Hill Airport Ltd, Churchill Way, Biggin Hill, TN16 3BN
Received 7 Oct 2022Langley Park Golf Club, Barnfield Wood Road, Beckenham, BR3 6SZ
Received 30 Sept 20226 Laburnum Way, Bromley, BR2 8BZ
Received 28 Mar 202516 Pickhurst Mead, Hayes, Bromley, BR2 7QR
Received 31 Jan 202522 Stanhope Avenue, Hayes, Bromley, BR2 7JR
Received 11 Mar 202514 Chelsfield Road, Orpington, BR5 4DN
Received 8 Nov 202497 Bourne Way, Hayes, Bromley, BR2 7EX
Received 22 Apr 20257 Beech Dell, Keston, BR2 6EP
Received 31 Jan 202327 Holbrook Lane, Chislehurst, BR7 6PE
Received 13 Sept 2022Bellevue, 22B Park Farm Road, Bromley, BR1 2PE
Received 21 Aug 202376 Farnaby Road, Bromley, BR1 4BH
Received 12 Oct 2022Former Lubbock House, 1 Northolme Rise, Orpington, BR6 9RF
Received 9 Jun 202356 Kechill Gardens, Hayes, Bromley, BR2 7NG
Received 11 Apr 202323C Hayes Lane, Hayes, Bromley, BR2 9EA
Received 15 Jun 20236 Norheads Lane, Biggin Hill, TN16 3XT
Received 20 Mar 202567 Wordsworth Road, Penge, London, SE20 7JF
Received 4 Nov 2024Sydenham Lawn Tennis Club, Lawrie Park Road, Sydenham, London, SE26 6ET
Received 11 Apr 20259 Sutherland Avenue, Biggin Hill, TN16 3HE
Received 9 Feb 2023203 High Street, Penge, London, SE20 7PF
Received 12 Feb 2024Records 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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