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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.
10,033 approved · 2,966 refused · 350 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 22 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
104 Newstead Avenue, Orpington, BR6 9RN
Received 31 Aug 202235 Prescott Avenue, Petts Wood, Orpington, BR5 1AE
Received 1 Dec 20236 Edgefield Close, Beckenham, BR3 1DJ
Received 26 Jul 2022151 Crescent Drive, Petts Wood, Orpington, BR5 1BA
Received 13 Jul 20221 Chelsea Court, Southlands Grove, Bickley, Bromley, BR1 2DA
Received 5 Aug 2022Al-Emaan Centre, Croydon Road, Keston, BR2 8HF
Received 14 Jul 202219 Sweeps Lane, Orpington, BR5 3PE
Received 9 Aug 202225 Aviemore Way, Beckenham, BR3 3RP
Received 14 Jul 202219 Vicarage Drive, Beckenham, BR3 1JW
Received 25 Jul 2022116 Merlin Grove, Beckenham, BR3 3HT
Received 26 Aug 20229 Manor Place, Chislehurst, BR7 5QH
Received 26 Aug 202244 Anerley Hill, Anerley, London, SE19 2AE
Received 21 Oct 202291 Jail Lane, Biggin Hill, TN16 3SE
Received 20 Feb 202347 Beckenham Lane, Bromley, BR2 0DA
Received 16 Dec 2022Tesco, Homesdale Road, Bromley, BR1 2UE
Received 14 Sept 202227 Grasmere Gardens, Orpington, BR6 8HE
Received 13 Dec 202230 Church Avenue, Beckenham, BR3 1DT
Received 20 Feb 2023Outside 14, Red Lodge Road, West Wickham
Received 8 Dec 2022126 Kings Hall Road, Beckenham, BR3 1LN
Received 11 Nov 2022Ambleside, Orpington Road, Chislehurst, BR7 6RA
Received 22 Feb 2023121 Castlecombe Road, Mottingham, London, SE9 4AS
Received 28 Feb 202386 Belvedere Road, Anerley, London, SE19 2HZ
Received 12 Oct 2022Trees, Coniston Road, Bromley, BR1 4JB
Received 7 Oct 202215 Quernmore Close, Bromley, BR1 4EL
Received 9 Nov 2022Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
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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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