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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.
10,388 approved · 3,064 refused · 370 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 6 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
127 Castleton Road, Mottingham, London, SE9 4DD
Received 25 Apr 202381 Ravensbourne Avenue, Bromley, BR2 0AU
Received 26 May 20235 Broke Farm Drive, Orpington, BR6 7SH
Received 20 Apr 202397 High Street, Bromley, BR1 1JQ
Received 14 Apr 202372 Glebe Way, West Wickham, BR4 0SA
Received 16 May 202332 Hillcrest Road, Biggin Hill, TN16 3TY
Received 12 Apr 202357 St Mary's Avenue, Shortlands, Bromley, BR2 0PU
Received 16 Mar 202315 Forest Drive, Keston, BR2 6EE
Received 17 Jul 202380 Towncourt Crescent, Petts Wood, Orpington, BR5 1PJ
Received 17 Jun 2024Ground Floor Flat, 146 Beckenham Road, Beckenham, BR3 4RJ
Received 20 Apr 202310 Blythe Hill, Orpington, BR5 2RR
Received 7 Sept 202330 Birdham Close, Bickley, Bromley, BR1 2HF
Received 19 Oct 202361 Cathcart Drive, Orpington, BR6 8BU
Received 23 Oct 20232 Mosyer Drive, Orpington, BR5 4PW
Received 31 Jan 202423 Rolleston Avenue, Petts Wood, Orpington, BR5 1AJ
Received 31 Jan 20246 Hoblands End, Chislehurst, BR7 6HH
Received 6 Sept 2023Cookham Dene, Manor Park, Chislehurst, BR7 5QD
Received 13 Nov 202388 Princes Plain, Bromley, BR2 8LZ
Received 18 Jan 202419 Chelsfield Road, Orpington, BR5 4DN
Received 5 Jun 202429 Walsingham Road, Orpington, BR5 3BP
Received 24 May 202452 Pickhurst Mead, Hayes, Bromley, BR2 7QR
Received 18 Mar 202424 Hambro Avenue, Hayes, Bromley, BR2 7LS
Received 10 Jun 202427 Frankswood Avenue, Petts Wood, Orpington, BR5 1BW
Received 22 Jul 202440 Homestead Road, Orpington, BR6 6HW
Received 13 Jun 2024Records 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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