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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.
9,820 approved · 2,896 refused · 345 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 20 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
1 Hartfield Road, West Wickham, BR4 9DA
Received 3 Aug 202229 Midfield Way, Orpington, BR5 2QH
Received 14 Feb 202315 Raymond Road, Beckenham, BR3 4AR
Received 3 Oct 2022158 - 160 High Street, Orpington, BR6 0JR
Received 19 Dec 20226 Cedar Copse, Bickley, Bromley, BR1 2NY
Received 24 Oct 202266 Kimmeridge Road, Mottingham, London, SE9 4EB
Received 24 Dec 202224 Queensway, West Wickham, BR4 9ER
Received 10 Oct 20228 Repton Road, Orpington, BR6 9HS
Received 8 Dec 202258 Whitebeam Avenue, Bromley, BR2 8DL
Received 14 Feb 202389 Barnfield Road, Orpington, BR5 3LS
Received 27 Oct 2022The Warren, 3 Cherrycot Hill, Orpington, BR6 7DJ
Received 21 Sept 20229 Mounthurst Road, Hayes, Bromley, BR2 7QW
Received 18 Oct 2022Olleys Posh Wosh , 151 Sevenoaks Way, Orpington, BR5 3PW
Received 18 Oct 2022Shaw Trust House, 19 Elmfield Road, Bromley, BR1 1LT
Received 16 Nov 2022Flat, 17 Royal Parade, Chislehurst, BR7 6NR
Received 1 Feb 202415 Rose Dale, Orpington, BR6 8LD
Received 28 Feb 20232 Bluebell Close, Orpington, BR6 8HS
Received 1 Feb 202316 Kingsway, West Wickham, BR4 9JF
Received 20 Dec 2022Holmwood, Berrys Green Road, Berrys Green, Westerham, TN16 3AJ
Received 23 May 20241 Ebury Close, Keston, BR2 6EL
Received 18 May 2023101 Malmains Way, Beckenham, BR3 6SF
Received 27 Apr 2023200 Court Road, Orpington, BR6 9DF
Received 23 Jun 202328 Murray Avenue, Bromley, BR1 3DQ
Received 14 Jun 202326 Amherst Close, Orpington, BR5 2HH
Received 3 Apr 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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