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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.
10,077 approved · 2,976 refused · 350 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 16 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
50 Marlings Park Avenue, Chislehurst, BR7 6QW
Received 12 Jun 2024124 Spur Road, Orpington, BR6 0QW
Received 4 May 2023Wells House, 15 Elmfield Road, Bromley, BR1 1LS
Received 3 Aug 202345 Millfields Close, Orpington, BR5 2LQ
Received 27 Apr 202319 Bournewood Road, Orpington, BR5 4JN
Received 5 Jun 202334 Woodcote Drive, Orpington, BR6 8DT
Received 10 Jul 202367 Manor Way, Beckenham, BR3 3LN
Received 2 Aug 202339 St Augustine's Avenue, Bickley, Bromley, BR2 8AG
Received 4 Apr 202328 Petts Wood Road, Petts Wood, Orpington, BR5 1LB
Received 6 Apr 202316 Millwood Road, Orpington, BR5 3LG
Received 22 Mar 20232 Canterbury Close, Beckenham, BR3 5EP
Received 19 Apr 2023113 Crofton Lane, Orpington, BR5 1HB
Received 6 Dec 2023Longcroft Lodge, Pickhurst Green, Hayes, Bromley, BR2 7QS
Received 27 Nov 2023143 Pickhurst Rise, West Wickham, BR4 0AG
Received 26 Feb 202420 Lulworth Road, Mottingham, London, SE9 4DL
Received 2 Oct 2023Land Fronting 45 - 49, High Street, West Wickham
Received 7 Nov 202396 Petts Wood Road, Petts Wood, Orpington, BR5 1LE
Received 28 Dec 2023414 Upper Elmers End Road, Beckenham, BR3 3HG
Received 1 Mar 202413 Thayers Farm Road, Beckenham, BR3 4LY
Received 9 Oct 2023Cudham Frith, Cudham Lane South, Cudham, Sevenoaks, TN14 7NZ
Received 29 Aug 2023Bromley Lawn Tennis And Squash Club, Sandford Road, Bromley, BR2 9AN
Received 17 Jul 202422 Market Square, Bromley, BR1 1NA
Received 2 May 2024191 Crescent Drive, Petts Wood, Orpington, BR5 1AZ
Received 8 Jul 202414 Hayne Road, Beckenham, BR3 4HY
Received 26 Jul 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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