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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.
9,590 approved · 2,820 refused · 330 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 22 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
106 Bromley Road, Beckenham, BR3 5NP
Received 27 Nov 202418 Powster Road, Bromley, BR1 5HF
Received 9 Oct 202426 Stowe Road, Orpington, BR6 9HQ
Received 11 Nov 202438 Highfield Road, Biggin Hill, TN16 3UU
Received 17 Apr 20255 Claremont Road, Bickley, Bromley, BR1 2JL
Received 3 Apr 202547 West Street, Bromley, BR1 1RE
Received 3 Feb 202536 Albert Road, Penge, London, SE20 7JW
Received 20 Sept 202433 Barnmead Road, Beckenham, BR3 1JF
Received 10 Dec 202447 Glentrammon Avenue, Orpington, BR6 6JY
Received 13 May 2025Flat 1, Highwood, 61 Shortlands Road, Shortlands, Bromley, BR2 0JJ
Received 24 Aug 2022Birches, Wilderness Road, Chislehurst, BR7 5EZ
Received 17 Jan 202426 Copthorne Avenue, Bromley, BR2 8NN
Received 28 Jun 202315 Hever Gardens, Bickley, Bromley, BR1 2HU
Received 31 Jul 2024Westgate Court, The Avenue, Beckenham, BR3 5DW
Received 28 Aug 2024Grasslands Farm, High Elms Road, Downe, Orpington
Received 17 Feb 20258 Bennetts Copse, Chislehurst, BR7 5SG
Received 18 Oct 2022Flat 3, 71 Crystal Palace Park Road, Sydenham, London, SE26 6UT
Received 1 Nov 202318 Banavie Gardens, Beckenham, BR3 5YA
Received 3 Jan 202369 Arundel Drive, Orpington, BR6 9JQ
Received 23 May 2025The White House, Raggleswood, Chislehurst, BR7 5NH
Received 29 May 2025Beaverwood Lodge Sports And Leisure Club, Beaverwood Road, Chislehurst, BR7 6HF
Received 19 Oct 20229 Silverdale Road, Petts Wood, Orpington, BR5 1NH
Received 26 May 20236 Briar Lane, West Wickham, BR4 9RA
Received 8 Dec 202329 White Oak Drive, Beckenham, BR3 6QE
Received 6 Mar 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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