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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.
9,672 approved · 2,847 refused · 335 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 8 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Harris Primary Academy Beckenham Green, Bromley Road, Beckenham, BR3 5JG
Received 8 Jun 2023The Princess Royal University Hospital, Farnborough Common, Orpington, BR6 8ND
Received 1 Mar 202421 Tower Road, Orpington, BR6 0SG
Received 6 Jan 202311 The Courtyard, Holwood Estate, Westerham Road, Keston, BR2 6HZ
Received 10 Aug 2023Frankie & Benny's, Farnborough Way, Orpington, BR6 7DH
Received 21 Nov 2024By France, Leas Green, Chislehurst, BR7 6HD
Received 18 Jun 2024Downside, Crab Hill, Beckenham, BR3 5HH
Received 30 Oct 20244 Claremont Road, Bickley, Bromley, BR1 2JL
Received 17 Feb 202311 The Chenies, Petts Wood, Orpington, BR6 0ED
Received 20 Jun 202420 Stoneleigh Road, Bickley, Bromley, BR1 2FW
Received 4 Sept 20237 Beech Dell, Keston, BR2 6EP
Received 24 Jul 202318 Glen View Road, Bickley, Bromley, BR1 2QQ
Received 8 Aug 202219 Haywood Road, Bromley, BR2 9RG
Received 12 Sept 2022140A Blackbrook Lane, Bickley, Bromley, BR1 2HP
Received 31 Aug 202267 High Street, Chislehurst, BR7 5AG
Received 17 Aug 202230 Station Road, Orpington, BR6 0SA
Received 25 Nov 20224 Barnfield Wood Road, Beckenham, BR3 6SR
Received 28 Dec 20221 Blenheim Road, Orpington, BR6 9BQ
Received 26 Oct 202214 Branston Crescent, Petts Wood, Orpington, BR5 1HA
Received 27 Oct 2022128 Queensway, West Wickham, BR4 9DY
Received 15 Nov 2022Land Rear Of 76 - 80 Crescent Drive, Shepperton Road, Petts Wood, Orpington
Received 7 Feb 202320 Lezayre Road, Orpington, BR6 6BP
Received 10 Nov 2023117 Kingsway, Petts Wood, Orpington, BR5 1PP
Received 27 Sept 2022Tesco Stores, 9 Augustus Lane, Orpington, BR6 0NH
Received 5 Oct 2022Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
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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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