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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.
10,277 approved · 3,032 refused · 363 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 23 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
30 Marlings Park Avenue, Chislehurst, BR7 6QW
Received 1 Feb 2023129 Park Avenue, Orpington, BR6 9ED
Received 6 Dec 2022127 Castleton Road, Mottingham, London, SE9 4DD
Received 14 Feb 202315 Chelsfield Road, Orpington, BR5 4DN
Received 18 Oct 202260 Sunningdale Road, Bickley, Bromley, BR1 2ET
Received 19 Dec 2022Land Fronting 266 - 302, Pickhurst Lane, West Wickham
Received 3 Aug 202355 Longdon Wood, Keston, BR2 6EN
Received 11 Apr 202389 Hayes Way, Beckenham, BR3 6RR
Received 26 Apr 20235 Southlands Avenue, Orpington, BR6 9NY
Received 31 Jul 2023Flat 1, 174 Venner Road, Sydenham, London, SE26 5JQ
Received 15 Mar 2023Chislehurst School For Girls, Beaverwood Road, Chislehurst, BR7 6HE
Received 26 Jun 202337 Avalon Road, Orpington, BR6 9AX
Received 21 Mar 2023Westwood, 174 Leesons Hill, Chislehurst, BR7 6QL
Received 15 Jun 202330 Anerley Hill, Anerley, London, SE19 2AE
Received 11 Apr 2023140 Windsor Drive, Orpington, BR6 6HQ
Received 12 Apr 202345 Wickham Chase, West Wickham, BR4 0BG
Received 20 Mar 202365 Pickhurst Lane, Hayes, Bromley, BR2 7JP
Received 2 May 2023110 Beckenham Road, Beckenham, BR3 4RH
Received 5 Dec 2023135 - 137 High Street, Beckenham, BR3 1AG
Received 25 Jun 2024106 Kent House Road, Beckenham, BR3 1JJ
Received 8 Jan 20246 Beech Dell, Keston, BR2 6EP
Received 20 Dec 2023154 Ravensworth Road, Mottingham, London, SE9 4LU
Received 20 Feb 202468 Warren Avenue, Bromley, BR1 4BS
Received 23 Oct 2023Mulbarton Cottage, Kemnal Road, Chislehurst, BR7 6LY
Received 26 Oct 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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