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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.
9,997 approved · 2,959 refused · 349 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 27 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
29 Napier Road, Bromley, BR2 9JA
Received 11 Jul 202251 Babbacombe Road, Bromley, BR1 3LR
Received 12 Sept 202251 Rowan Walk, Bromley, BR2 8QW
Received 4 Jul 202230 Albert Road, Penge, London, SE20 7JW
Received 4 Sept 2023Midas House, 2 Knoll Rise, Orpington, BR6 0FN
Received 22 Jul 202230 Beaconsfield Road, Bickley, Bromley, BR1 2BP
Received 6 Mar 202319 Roslin Way, Bromley, BR1 4QS
Received 28 Dec 20228 Croft Road, Bromley, BR1 4DR
Received 23 Feb 202339 Churchfields Road, Beckenham, BR3 4QQ
Received 21 Sept 202227 Vale Road, Bickley, Bromley, BR1 2AL
Received 17 Oct 202230 Parkside Avenue, Bickley, Bromley, BR1 2EJ
Received 27 Feb 2023138 Towncourt Lane, Petts Wood, Orpington, BR5 1EJ
Received 28 Oct 202214D Broadwalk, Orpington, BR6 7RZ
Received 10 Jul 20232 Chestnut Close, Orpington, BR6 6LP
Received 12 May 20234 Church Drive, West Wickham, BR4 9JJ
Received 27 Jul 202350A Chatterton Road, Bromley, BR2 9QE
Received 2 Aug 20237 Spring Gardens, Orpington, BR6 6HJ
Received 20 Apr 20237 Wilmington Avenue, Orpington, BR6 9BJ
Received 12 May 2023243 Court Road, Orpington, BR6 9BY
Received 19 Dec 20222 Athelstan Way, Orpington, BR5 2QX
Received 23 May 202360 The Drive, Beckenham, BR3 1EQ
Received 5 Jun 2023116 Plaistow Lane, Bromley, BR1 3AS
Received 27 Jun 20236 Warren Avenue, Orpington, BR6 6HX
Received 14 Dec 202386 Eden Park Avenue, Beckenham, BR3 3HW
Received 12 Feb 2024Records 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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