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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.
10,006 approved · 2,959 refused · 349 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Dorrington, Mead Road, Chislehurst, BR7 6AD
Received 31 Mar 202525 Elstree Hill, Bromley, BR1 4JE
Received 14 Jan 20255 The Glade, West Wickham, BR4 9LH
Received 23 Dec 202431 Queens Road, Beckenham, BR3 4JJ
Received 1 Apr 202515 Horley Road, Mottingham, London, SE9 4LF
Received 14 Apr 202513 Ashmere Avenue, Beckenham, BR3 6PQ
Received 25 Mar 2025Disley, The Hillside, Orpington, BR6 7SD
Received 3 Mar 202528 Manor Road, Beckenham, BR3 5LE
Received 7 Feb 202565 Baston Road, Hayes, Bromley, BR2 7BS
Received 27 Jan 20254 Whitehall Road, Bromley, BR2 9SQ
Received 3 Mar 202520 Jaffray Road, Bromley, BR2 9NR
Received 21 Oct 202422 Wilmar Gardens, West Wickham, BR4 0LH
Received 19 Mar 2025London South East Colleges Bromley Campus, Rookery Lane, Bromley, BR2 8HE
Received 1 May 2025423 Southborough Lane, Bromley, BR2 8BQ
Received 3 Jun 2025199 Burnt Ash Lane, Bromley, BR1 5DJ
Received 7 Apr 202531 Ravenscroft Road, Beckenham, BR3 4TP
Received 23 May 2025The Princess Royal University Hospital, Farnborough Common, Orpington, BR6 8ND
Received 19 Apr 202313 Commonside, Keston, BR2 6BP
Received 3 Dec 202410 Merrydown Way, Chislehurst, BR7 5RS
Received 4 Jul 2023Clarendon House, Anerley Road, Penge, London, SE20 8BA
Received 21 Nov 2024Dover House, Anerley Road, Penge, London, SE20 8EN
Received 24 Apr 202529 Albert Road, Penge, London, SE20 7JW
Received 30 Jan 2023264 High Street, Orpington, BR6 0NB
Received 4 May 202319 Lorimer Row, Bromley, BR2 9GQ
Received 4 Apr 2025Records 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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