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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.
9,858 approved · 2,911 refused · 346 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 14 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
17 Fontwell Drive, Bromley, BR2 8AB
Received 10 Mar 202334 Albert Road, Penge, London, SE20 7JW
Received 2 Apr 202418 Norlands Crescent, Chislehurst, BR7 5RN
Received 12 Dec 20237 Crossways Road, Beckenham, BR3 3JP
Received 14 Sept 20238 Lea Road, Beckenham, BR3 3LF
Received 3 May 20231 Bromley Lane, Chislehurst, BR7 6LH
Received 20 Apr 2023Street Record, Acorn Way, Orpington
Received 13 Mar 2023Lynwood, Southill Road, Chislehurst, BR7 5EE
Received 16 Jan 202417 Coney Hill Road, West Wickham, BR4 9BU
Received 3 Aug 202226 Copthorne Avenue, Bromley, BR2 8NN
Received 22 May 20239 Jasmine Close, Orpington, BR6 8LQ
Received 26 Aug 202231 Scotts Lane, Shortlands, Bromley, BR2 0LL
Received 17 Aug 202237 Selwyn Place, Orpington, BR5 3BA
Received 1 Sept 202255 William Booth Road, Penge, London, SE20 8BX
Received 15 Jul 202248 Herbert Road, Bromley, BR2 9SH
Received 17 Oct 202214 Hollingworth Road, Petts Wood, Orpington, BR5 1AG
Received 19 Dec 202294 Towncourt Lane, Petts Wood, Orpington, BR5 1EJ
Received 24 Nov 202217 Manor Way, Petts Wood, Orpington, BR5 1NN
Received 20 Sept 2022111 Whitebeam Avenue, Bromley, BR2 8DN
Received 1 Sept 2022The Warren, Croydon Road, Bromley, BR2 7AL
Received 16 Jan 202351 Barnfield Wood Road, Beckenham, BR3 6ST
Received 27 Jan 2023Chislehurst Post Office, 60 High Street, Chislehurst, BR7 5AQ
Received 18 Jan 2023100 Anerley Road, Penge, London, SE19 2AN
Received 14 Feb 202312 Albany Road, Chislehurst, BR7 6BG
Received 7 Mar 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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