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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.
10,064 approved · 2,973 refused · 350 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 17 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
39 Manor Way, Beckenham, BR3 3LN
Received 12 Apr 202437 College Road, Bromley, BR1 3PU
Received 21 Dec 2023St Mary Hall, High Street, Chislehurst, BR7 5AQ
Received 2 Aug 2024Flat 1, 41 Park Hill Road, Shortlands, Bromley, BR2 0LB
Received 17 Oct 202223 Durham Avenue, Shortlands, Bromley, BR2 0QH
Received 6 Dec 202445 Shortlands Road, Shortlands, Bromley, BR2 0JJ
Received 28 Jul 202341 Foxbury Road, Bromley, BR1 4DG
Received 27 Nov 202314 The Chenies, Petts Wood, Orpington, BR6 0ED
Received 16 Feb 2023Geffery Court, 158 Mottingham Road, Mottingham, London, SE9 4SR
Received 14 Jul 202232 Wellbrook Road, Orpington, BR6 7AB
Received 1 Aug 202214 Willersley Avenue, Orpington, BR6 9RS
Received 22 Jan 202410 Southover, Bromley, BR1 4RT
Received 25 Sept 2023The White Horse, 205 - 213 High Street, Beckenham, BR3 1AH
Received 5 Aug 20223 - 7 Church Road, Anerley, London, SE19 2TF
Received 24 Jun 2022114 Towncourt Lane, Petts Wood, Orpington, BR5 1EJ
Received 15 Jul 202238 Sherwood Way, West Wickham, BR4 9PD
Received 30 Aug 2022Lamorna, Raggleswood, Chislehurst, BR7 5NH
Received 25 Aug 202226 Great Thrift, Petts Wood, Orpington, BR5 1NG
Received 28 Jun 20224 Trenear Close, Orpington, BR6 9XT
Received 8 Jul 202224 Merton Gardens, Petts Wood, Orpington, BR5 1DA
Received 11 Jul 20221 Whitehall Road, Bromley, BR2 9SG
Received 30 Nov 2022Westmoreland House, 249 Southlands Road, Bromley, BR1 2EG
Received 17 Oct 2022Oakhurst Piggeries, Cudham Lane South, Cudham, Sevenoaks, TN14 7QA
Received 14 Feb 2023161 Tubbenden Lane, Orpington, BR6 9PS
Received 21 Jun 2023Records 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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