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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.
10,377 approved · 3,059 refused · 369 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 9 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
85 Rushet Road, Orpington, BR5 2PS
Received 31 May 202293 Murray Avenue, Bromley, BR1 3DJ
Received 8 Jun 2022121 - 123 Croydon Road, Beckenham, BR3 3RA
Received 15 Jun 202254 Elmstead Lane, Chislehurst, BR7 5EL
Received 10 Aug 202240 Aperfield Road, Biggin Hill, TN16 3LX
Received 31 May 202213 Cherry Walk, Hayes, Bromley, BR2 7LT
Received 9 Sept 20228 Beech Dell, Keston, BR2 6EP
Received 19 Jan 202315 Forest Drive, Keston, BR2 6EE
Received 28 Dec 202234 Beaconsfield Road, Bickley, Bromley, BR1 2BP
Received 13 Oct 202233 Crossway, Petts Wood, Orpington, BR5 1PF
Received 14 Nov 2022The Porcupine, 24 Mottingham Road, Mottingham, London, SE9 4QW
Received 26 Aug 202245 Woodland Way, West Wickham, BR4 9LR
Received 18 Nov 202238 Woodlea Drive, Bromley, BR2 0UQ
Received 28 Feb 202328 Reed Avenue, Orpington, BR6 9RX
Received 25 Nov 202244 Gillmans Road, Orpington, BR5 4LB
Received 28 Nov 202266 Oregon Square, Orpington, BR6 8BG
Received 30 Jan 202319 Woodland Way, Petts Wood, Orpington, BR5 1NB
Received 8 Mar 20233 Carlyle Avenue, Bromley, BR1 2RB
Received 15 May 202366 Pope Road, Bromley, BR2 9QB
Received 17 Mar 202317 Hampden Road, Beckenham, BR3 4HD
Received 15 May 202322 Manor Way, Beckenham, BR3 3LJ
Received 28 Mar 20233 Lawn Close, Bromley, BR1 3NA
Received 27 Jun 202312 Malory Close, Beckenham, BR3 4JD
Received 20 Jun 2023115 Goodhart Way, West Wickham, BR4 0EU
Received 15 Jun 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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