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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.
9,619 approved · 2,827 refused · 331 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 16 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
133 Green Lane, Chislehurst, BR7 6AX
Received 22 Dec 202226 Melvin Road, Penge, London, SE20 8EU
Received 24 Oct 202220 Recreation Road, Bromley, BR2 0DZ
Received 21 Nov 202225 Godwin Road, Bromley, BR2 9LG
Received 13 Dec 2022387 Upper Elmers End Road, Beckenham, BR3 3DA
Received 4 Jul 20235 Old Manor Way, Chislehurst, BR7 5XS
Received 26 Jul 202358 Portland Road, Bromley, BR1 5AZ
Received 5 Jun 2023162 Sevenoaks Way, Orpington, BR5 3AE
Received 22 May 202369 Chelsfield Lane, Orpington, BR5 4HG
Received 29 Mar 202347 Furzehill Square, Orpington, BR5 3SN
Received 11 Apr 202366 Pope Road, Bromley, BR2 9QB
Received 10 Jul 202343 Avalon Road, Orpington, BR6 9AX
Received 10 Mar 202341 High Beeches, Orpington, BR6 6EE
Received 14 Aug 202315 Rusland Avenue, Orpington, BR6 8AU
Received 20 Jul 2023J Sainsbury Plc, Pallant Way, Orpington, BR6 8NZ
Received 14 Mar 202369 Groveland Road, Beckenham, BR3 3PX
Received 5 Sept 202352 Pickhurst Rise, West Wickham, BR4 0AL
Received 24 Oct 202329 Hayes Lane, Beckenham, BR3 6QS
Received 7 Sept 202310 Fontwell Drive, Bromley, BR2 8AB
Received 26 Oct 20235 Greenways, Beckenham, BR3 3NG
Received 25 Sept 20236 Beech Dell, Keston, BR2 6EP
Received 6 Oct 202310 Hassock Wood, Keston, BR2 6HX
Received 2 Oct 202312 Mere Close, Orpington, BR6 8ES
Received 25 Jan 2024Coleridge House, 79 Bromley Road, Beckenham, BR3 5PA
Received 27 Jul 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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