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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.
10,232 approved · 3,021 refused · 361 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 30 May 2022 to 13 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 15 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Explore published planning boundaries and follow their source records for designation details. Coverage varies: an empty map does not mean there are no restrictions. Check the council’s current maps and documents before relying on a boundary.
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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.
187 Goodhart Way, West Wickham, BR4 0EX
Received 4 Nov 202475 Ramsden Road, Orpington, BR5 4LU
Received 28 Feb 202541 Walpole Road, Bromley, BR2 9SE
Received 2 Oct 202411 The Chenies, Petts Wood, Orpington, BR6 0ED
Received 15 Nov 202481A High Street, Penge, London, SE20 7HW
Received 14 Jan 2025The Holding, Chelsfield Hill, Orpington, BR6 7SL
Received 30 Dec 202479 Ridgeway Drive, Bromley, BR1 5DG
Received 7 Apr 2025Orchard House, 5 Woodlands Road, Bickley, Bromley, BR1 2AD
Received 20 Jan 202532 Marlow Road, Penge, London, SE20 7UY
Received 5 Dec 2024154 Sevenoaks Way, Orpington, BR5 3AE
Received 10 Feb 2025157 Clock House Road, Beckenham, BR3 4JZ
Received 23 Dec 202447A Blenheim Road, Bickley, Bromley, BR1 2EX
Received 11 Apr 20259 Longdon Wood, Keston, BR2 6EN
Received 5 Jun 2025180 - 184 High Street, Bromley, BR1 1HE
Received 28 May 2025David Lloyd Leisure, Stanhope Grove, Beckenham, BR3 3HL
Received 16 Aug 2024Dreyside, Lodge Road, Bromley, BR1 3ND
Received 15 Sept 2022Elms Estate, Wellsmoor Gardens, Bickley, Bromley
Received 24 Apr 2023J Sainsbury, 73 High Street, Chislehurst, BR7 5AG
Received 16 Dec 2022St Johns Rise, Berrys Green Road, Berrys Green, Westerham, TN16 3EZ
Received 20 Jun 202341 Blackbrook Lane, Bickley, Bromley, BR2 8AU
Received 16 Mar 202353 Station Approach, Hayes, Bromley, BR2 7EB
Received 2 May 202310 Broadwalk, Orpington, BR6 7RZ
Received 4 Apr 2023333 Dunkery Road, Mottingham, London, SE9 4LP
Received 18 Nov 202496 Woodside Avenue, Chislehurst, BR7 6BS
Received 21 Mar 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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