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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.
9,770 approved · 2,886 refused · 342 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 25 Jul 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
9 Liskeard Close, Chislehurst, BR7 6RT
Received 17 Jul 2024Ways End, Wilderness Road, Chislehurst, BR7 5EZ
Received 22 May 2024404 Upper Elmers End Road, Beckenham, BR3 3HG
Received 3 Jun 20254 Silverwood Close, Beckenham, BR3 1RN
Received 22 Feb 2024Tall Trees, Priory Close, Chislehurst, BR7 5LB
Received 6 Nov 2023Wells House, 15 Elmfield Road, Bromley, BR1 1LS
Received 25 Oct 202320 Manor Road, Beckenham, BR3 5LE
Received 21 Mar 202424 Romney Drive, Bromley, BR1 2TE
Received 26 Sept 2024St Davids College, Beckenham Road, West Wickham, BR4 0QS
Received 1 Nov 2023Land Rear Of 12 Aldermary Road, Ronalds Road, Bromley
Received 24 Apr 2025Five Oaks Stables, Layhams Road, Keston, BR2 6AR
Received 25 Apr 2024230 Elmstead Lane, Chislehurst, BR7 5EW
Received 14 Nov 2022Trees, Coniston Road, Bromley, BR1 4JB
Received 7 Oct 20227 Rosedale Corner, Lower Camden, Chislehurst, BR7 5HZ
Received 14 Oct 2022Land Adjacent To 1, Blanchard Close, Mottingham, London
Received 23 May 20236 Beckenham Road, West Wickham, BR4 0QT
Received 1 Sept 2022Oakhurst Piggeries, Cudham Lane South, Cudham, Sevenoaks, TN14 7QA
Received 23 Aug 2022Land Opposite Briar Cottage, 2 New Road Hill, Downe, Orpington
Received 12 Aug 202250 Ravensbury Road, Orpington, BR5 2NN
Received 7 Sept 20221 Knowlton Green, Bromley, BR2 9DH
Received 15 Aug 2022105 The Ridge, Orpington, BR6 8AG
Received 7 Sept 2022158 Farnaby Road, Bromley, BR2 0BB
Received 25 Nov 2022Dale Cottage, 100 Leaves Green Road, Keston, BR2 6DQ
Received 3 Oct 2022Highfield, Rookery Road, Downe, Orpington, BR6 7JQ
Received 24 Oct 2022Records 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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