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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.
9,971 approved · 2,954 refused · 349 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 29 Jun 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
2 Kingsway, Petts Wood, Orpington, BR5 1PR
Received 1 Jul 20229 Balgowan Road, Beckenham, BR3 4HJ
Received 28 Jul 2022124 High Street, Orpington, BR6 0JS
Received 12 Apr 20233 Blakeney Avenue, Beckenham, BR3 1HH
Received 25 Aug 202211 Station Square, Petts Wood, Orpington, BR5 1LY
Received 28 Dec 20221 Chapel Gate Place, Chislehurst, BR7 5FB
Received 21 Nov 20226 Great Elms Road, Bromley, BR2 9NE
Received 22 Sept 202246 Barnfield Wood Road, Beckenham, BR3 6SU
Received 6 Feb 202335 Walsingham Road, Orpington, BR5 3BP
Received 16 Aug 2023Old Town Hall, 30 Tweedy Road, Bromley, BR1 3FE
Received 23 Sept 202286 Balfour Road, Bromley, BR2 9SL
Received 23 Jan 202362 Kenwood Drive, Beckenham, BR3 6QY
Received 4 Nov 202212 Quernmore Road, Bromley, BR1 4EH
Received 22 Feb 2023Flat Above, 80 Elmers End Road, Penge, London, SE20 7UX
Received 5 Jan 202349 Greencourt Road, Petts Wood, Orpington, BR5 1QN
Received 27 Oct 2022First Floor, 45A High Street, Orpington, BR6 0JE
Received 20 Feb 2023Woodlands, Holwood Park Avenue, Orpington, BR6 8NQ
Received 15 Dec 2022243 Main Road, Biggin Hill, TN16 3JY
Received 22 May 20233 Beadon Road, Bromley, BR2 9AS
Received 26 Apr 202382 Walsingham Road, Orpington, BR5 3BN
Received 11 May 202397 High Street, Orpington, BR6 0LF
Received 2 Aug 202323 Bostall Road, Orpington, BR5 3DN
Received 27 Mar 202398 Park End, Bromley, BR1 4AW
Received 4 Apr 202370 Grove Park Road, Mottingham, London, SE9 4QB
Received 10 Jul 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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