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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.
10,272 approved · 3,029 refused · 363 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 24 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
7 Oak Avenue Croydon CR0 8EN, Croydon Council
Received 23 Apr 202510 Chelsfield Road, Orpington, BR5 4DN
Received 13 Oct 2023Fircroft, Oakwood Close, Chislehurst, BR7 5DD
Received 16 Jan 2025Flat 1, Nightingale Court, 1 Valley Road, Shortlands, Bromley, BR2 0DP
Received 27 Jan 202554 Widecombe Road, Mottingham, London, SE9 4HJ
Received 26 Jul 2023101 Sevenoaks Way, Orpington, BR5 3AQ
Received 12 Aug 20241 Hartfield Crescent, West Wickham, BR4 9DN
Received 17 Jan 20248 Padua Road, Penge, London, SE20 8HF
Received 25 Sept 20239 Whitecroft Way, Beckenham, BR3 3AQ
Received 16 Aug 2023Flat 1, Eden Park House, 531 Upper Elmers End Road, Beckenham, BR3 3BF
Received 7 Nov 20233 Torr Road, Penge, London, SE20 7PS
Received 21 Aug 2023Merlewood Lodge, Merlewood Drive, Chislehurst, BR7 5LQ
Received 17 Oct 2023Land Between 107 And 109, Lockesley Drive, Orpington
Received 28 Nov 20233 Bushey Way, Beckenham, BR3 6TA
Received 17 Aug 20228 Trenear Close, Orpington, BR6 9XT
Received 13 Jun 202229 Elliott Road, Bromley, BR2 9NT
Received 30 Jun 202237 Kingsdown Way, Hayes, Bromley, BR2 7PT
Received 1 Jul 202243 Eastry Avenue, Hayes, Bromley, BR2 7PE
Received 15 Aug 202265 Hayes Way, Beckenham, BR3 6RR
Received 9 Sept 202216 Slades Drive, Chislehurst, BR7 6JU
Received 12 Oct 202211 Kinnaird Avenue, Bromley, BR1 4HG
Received 7 Oct 2022Burnhill House, 50 Burnhill Road, Beckenham, BR3 3LA
Received 12 Dec 2022River House, 97 Cray Avenue, Orpington, BR5 4AA
Received 31 Jan 2023Huntington Place, Chislehurst Road, Chislehurst, BR7 5LE
Received 31 Oct 2022Records 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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