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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.
10,039 approved · 2,968 refused · 350 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
8 Greencourt Road, Petts Wood, Orpington, BR5 1QW
Received 3 Oct 202222 Tower Road, Orpington, BR6 0SQ
Received 6 Jun 202317A Sherborne Road, Orpington, BR5 1GX
Received 18 Sept 2023117 Pickhurst Rise, West Wickham, BR4 0AE
Received 10 Mar 2023188 Elmstead Lane, Chislehurst, BR7 5EN
Received 21 Sept 2023Nugent Shopping Park, Cray Avenue, Orpington, BR5 3RP
Received 5 Apr 2023115 Chatham Avenue, Hayes, Bromley, BR2 7QE
Received 12 Jul 20239 Lynne Close, Orpington, BR6 6BS
Received 3 May 2023105 Hayes Way, Beckenham, BR3 6RR
Received 5 Dec 2024Danaleigh Farm, Jail Lane, Biggin Hill, TN16 3AX
Received 20 Jun 2023Flat B, 45 West Street, Bromley, BR1 1RE
Received 4 Sept 2023The Black Horse, 318 Crofton Road, Orpington, BR6 8NW
Received 9 Feb 202418 The Avenue, St Pauls Cray, Orpington, BR5 3DL
Received 5 Mar 2024Pinehurst, Church Approach, Cudham, Sevenoaks, TN14 7QF
Received 18 Sept 20238 Grove Vale, Chislehurst, BR7 5DS
Received 25 Sept 20239 Beechwood Rise, Chislehurst, BR7 6TF
Received 23 Oct 2023Harptree House, Sevenoaks Road, Pratts Bottom, Orpington, BR6 7SE
Received 22 Apr 202457A Sunningvale Avenue, Biggin Hill, TN16 3BY
Received 2 Apr 202411 Barkway Drive, Orpington, BR6 8PQ
Received 5 Aug 2024Carrington, 1 Timms Close, Bromley, BR1 2GZ
Received 26 Jul 2024134 Worsley Bridge Road, Beckenham, BR3 1RP
Received 6 Aug 2024Churchill Court, Masons Hill, Bromley, BR1 1DP
Received 3 Jun 202418 Ravensbourne Avenue, Bromley, BR2 0BP
Received 22 Aug 2024Land Rear Of 59, Durham Road, Shortlands, Bromley
Received 26 Mar 2024Records 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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