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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.
10,233 approved · 3,021 refused · 361 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 27 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
136 Churchfields Road, Beckenham, BR3 4QZ
Received 31 May 202218 Elmhurst Road, Mottingham, London, SE9 4DN
Received 2 Sept 202228 Elmstead Avenue, Chislehurst, BR7 6EQ
Received 3 Aug 2022Chatterton Works, Chantry Lane, Bromley, BR2 9QL
Received 18 Sept 202331 Sylvan Way, West Wickham, BR4 9HA
Received 21 Nov 202230 Malmains Way, Beckenham, BR3 6SA
Received 17 Oct 202224 Sevenoaks Road, Orpington, BR6 9JJ
Received 10 Oct 2022Reddings, Bickley Park Road, Bickley, Bromley, BR1 2AY
Received 30 Nov 202217 Appleby Close, Orpington, BR5 1GA
Received 23 Sept 2022235 Orchard Way, Beckenham, BR3 3EL
Received 5 Oct 202233 Freelands Road, Bromley, BR1 3HZ
Received 14 Feb 20238 Willett Close, Petts Wood, Orpington, BR5 1QH
Received 29 Nov 202217 Grosvenor Road, Petts Wood, Orpington, BR5 1QT
Received 1 Mar 202334 Coney Hill Road, West Wickham, BR4 9BX
Received 27 Jan 2023Land Adjacent To 20 And 22, St Mary's Green, Biggin Hill
Received 10 Feb 202319 Sandy Lane, Orpington, BR6 0DY
Received 22 Feb 202351 Hayes Wood Avenue, Hayes, Bromley, BR2 7BG
Received 6 Jan 20238 Wentworth Close, Hayes, Bromley, BR2 7AW
Received 29 Sept 2022Kings Hall Works, Kings Hall Road, Beckenham, BR3 1LN
Received 26 Sept 2022123 Queen Anne Avenue, Shortlands, Bromley, BR2 0SH
Received 15 Sept 20221 Bruce Grove, Orpington, BR6 0HF
Received 5 Dec 202251 Furzehill Square, Orpington, BR5 3SN
Received 10 Jul 20239 Sanderson Square, Bickley, Bromley, BR1 2FT
Received 24 Jul 2023Flat 2, Broadlands Court, Broadlands Road, Bromley, BR1 5DF
Received 10 Aug 2023Records 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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