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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.
9,569 approved · 2,814 refused · 329 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 24 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
31 Brooklyn Road, Bromley, BR2 9SD
Received 18 May 2023Riverside Gardens, Cray Avenue, Orpington
Received 2 Jun 202331 Scotts Lane, Shortlands, Bromley, BR2 0LL
Received 19 Sept 202312 Christy Road, Biggin Hill, TN16 3DG
Received 3 May 2023396 Southborough Lane, Bromley, BR2 8BH
Received 14 Oct 20223 Woodhurst Avenue, Petts Wood, Orpington, BR5 1AR
Received 6 Jul 20237 Long Acre, Orpington, BR6 7RD
Received 15 Nov 202244 Beckenham Lane, Bromley, BR2 0DQ
Received 14 Dec 20221 Victoria Road, Bromley, BR2 9PL
Received 22 Feb 2023The Orchard, Rookery Road, Downe, Orpington, BR6 7JQ
Received 2 Dec 2022420 Upper Elmers End Road, Beckenham, BR3 3HQ
Received 13 Oct 202317 Cameron Road, Bromley, BR2 9AY
Received 21 Nov 202221 The Ridge, Orpington, BR6 8AP
Received 3 Oct 202276 Ravensbury Road, Orpington, BR5 2NN
Received 6 Mar 2023Flat 3, 130 - 132 Heathfield Road, Keston, BR2 6BF
Received 8 Dec 20236 Hayes Way, Beckenham, BR3 6RL
Received 17 Apr 2023125 The Drive, Beckenham, BR3 1EF
Received 8 Jun 2023122 Cloonmore Avenue, Orpington, BR6 9LW
Received 12 Apr 2023Flat 2, 148 Beckenham Road, Beckenham, BR3 4RJ
Received 2 Jun 2023142 Blackbrook Lane, Bickley, Bromley, BR1 2HP
Received 11 Apr 20239 Spring Gardens, Orpington, BR6 6HJ
Received 6 Jul 202321 Roseberry Gardens, Orpington, BR6 9QE
Received 14 Aug 2023Flat B, 45 West Street, Bromley, BR1 1RE
Received 6 Dec 202359 Thayers Farm Road, Beckenham, BR3 4LY
Received 6 Dec 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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