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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.
9,702 approved · 2,861 refused · 338 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 2 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
33 Holbrook Lane, Chislehurst, BR7 6PE
Received 29 Mar 2023183 High Street, Bromley, BR1 1NN
Received 19 May 202536B Kings Hall Road, Beckenham, BR3 1LS
Received 29 May 202537 Avalon Road, Orpington, BR6 9AX
Received 9 Jan 202418B Wilderness Road, Chislehurst, BR7 5EY
Received 28 Mar 202477 High Street, Beckenham, BR3 1AN
Received 2 Sept 202430 White Oak Drive, Beckenham, BR3 6QE
Received 30 Nov 202313 Walsingham Park, Chislehurst, BR7 5QL
Received 14 Jun 202328 Hawthorne Road, Bickley, Bromley, BR1 2HH
Received 4 Aug 202214 The Close, Petts Wood, Orpington, BR5 1JA
Received 17 Dec 20242 Dane Close, Orpington, BR6 7DS
Received 22 Sept 2022The Roses, Kemnal Road, Chislehurst, BR7 6LT
Received 24 Jun 202430 Yester Road, Chislehurst, BR7 5LT
Received 10 Aug 2023White Earth, Snag Lane, Cudham, Sevenoaks, TN14 7RG
Received 10 Oct 2022Bromley Court Hotel, Coniston Road, Bromley, BR1 4JD
Received 24 Oct 2022Flat 3, 114 Shortlands Road, Shortlands, Bromley, BR2 0JP
Received 14 Aug 2024Heights Stables Westerham Hill Westerham Kent TN16 2ED, Sevenoaks District Council
Received 15 Feb 20241 Lullington Garth, Bromley, BR1 3SR
Received 7 Sept 202299 South Hill Road, Shortlands, Bromley, BR2 0RW
Received 16 Jan 20231 Briar Lane, West Wickham, BR4 9RA
Received 2 Dec 2024192 Elmstead Lane, Chislehurst, BR7 5EN
Received 24 Aug 2022Roof Level (C5443), Brooklyn, Anerley Road, Penge, London, SE20 8AZ
Received 1 Nov 202298 Sutherland Avenue, Biggin Hill, TN16 3HH
Received 29 Nov 202241 Lodge Crescent, Orpington, BR6 0QE
Received 27 Oct 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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