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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.
9,838 approved · 2,905 refused · 345 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 18 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
10 Hampden Avenue, Beckenham, BR3 4HB
Received 11 Apr 202516 Main Road, Biggin Hill, TN16 3EG
Received 7 Mar 20236 Homewood Crescent, Chislehurst, BR7 6PS
Received 11 Oct 202226 Copthorne Avenue, Bromley, BR2 8NN
Received 6 Nov 202316 Vincent Square, Biggin Hill, TN16 3EL
Received 2 Aug 2022272 Repton Road, Orpington, BR6 9JE
Received 3 Apr 2023Murray Downs, 6 Bromley Lane, Chislehurst, BR7 6LE
Received 21 Feb 202446 Barnmead Road, Beckenham, BR3 1JE
Received 5 Jul 2024Clifford House, 1 Calverley Close, Beckenham, BR3 1UH
Received 16 Feb 202483 Westhurst Drive, Chislehurst, BR7 6HS
Received 21 Nov 202280 Thicket Road, Penge, London, SE20 8DR
Received 29 May 202550 Cambridge Road, Bromley, BR1 4EA
Received 13 Dec 20246 The Glade, West Wickham, BR4 9LH
Received 4 Dec 2024Clarendon House, Anerley Road, Penge, London, SE20 8BA
Received 10 Jun 2024Cedarmore Court, 2 Church Lane, Chislehurst, BR7 5PE
Received 26 Jan 2023Land At Lower Hook Farm, Shire Lane, Farnborough, Orpington
Received 11 Oct 202369 Edward Road, Penge, London, SE20 7JR
Received 11 Sept 20239 Ravenshill, Chislehurst, BR7 5PD
Received 29 Jul 2022Glebe Cottage, St Pauls Cray Road, Chislehurst, BR7 6QA
Received 21 Nov 202472 Manor Way, Beckenham, BR3 3LR
Received 15 Sept 2022Hayes Common Bowls Club, West Common Road, Hayes, Bromley, BR2 7BY
Received 21 Nov 20224 Colesburg Road, Beckenham, BR3 4HP
Received 12 Oct 202218 Stanley Road, Orpington, BR6 0ET
Received 9 May 202350 - 52 Shortlands Road, Shortlands, Bromley, BR2 0JP
Received 20 Jun 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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