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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.
9,922 approved · 2,933 refused · 348 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 6 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
44 Chestnut Avenue, West Wickham, BR4 9ES
Received 15 Dec 202319 Westfield Road, Beckenham, BR3 4EU
Received 8 Dec 2022Hall Rear Of 35, George Lane, Hayes, Bromley, BR2 7LG
Received 12 Oct 2023Burnhill House, 50 Burnhill Road, Beckenham, BR3 3LA
Received 5 Dec 2023128 Village Way, Beckenham, BR3 3PH
Received 4 Jan 2023The Pines, Woodlands Road, Bickley, Bromley, BR1 2AE
Received 6 Nov 202336 Camden Park Road, Chislehurst, BR7 5HG
Received 6 Dec 2022134 Towncourt Lane, Petts Wood, Orpington, BR5 1EJ
Received 3 Mar 202320 Charterhouse Road, Orpington, BR6 9EL
Received 17 Jan 2023Glebe Football Club, Foxbury Avenue, Chislehurst, BR7 6SD
Received 17 Nov 202349 Reddons Road, Beckenham, BR3 1LY
Received 7 Mar 202336 Hayfield Road, Orpington, BR5 2DN
Received 22 Jun 2023107 Avenue Road, Beckenham, BR3 4RX
Received 17 Jul 202360 Grove Park Road, Mottingham, London, SE9 4QB
Received 28 Apr 202334 Arne Grove, Orpington, BR6 9TT
Received 10 May 202326 Spring Shaw Road, Orpington, BR5 2RH
Received 8 Mar 202381 Grove Park Road, Mottingham, London, SE9 4NS
Received 7 Aug 202326 Poverest Road, Orpington, BR5 2DG
Received 16 May 202347 Sevenoaks Way, Orpington, BR5 3AG
Received 6 Feb 202474 Park Road, Beckenham, BR3 1QH
Received 2 Jan 202421 The Glen, Orpington, BR6 8LP
Received 24 Nov 202325 Heathfield Road, Bromley, BR1 3RN
Received 8 Nov 2023421 Southborough Lane, Bromley, BR2 8BQ
Received 19 Oct 202338 Braemar Gardens, West Wickham, BR4 0JW
Received 8 Sept 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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