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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.
10,397 approved · 3,065 refused · 370 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
12 Merrydown Way, Chislehurst, BR7 5RS
Received 28 Jun 2023White Gates, Mead Road, Chislehurst, BR7 6AD
Received 31 Jan 202313 Styles Way, Beckenham, BR3 3AJ
Received 21 Sept 2022White Earth, Snag Lane, Cudham, Sevenoaks, TN14 7RG
Received 15 Apr 202422 Coney Hill Road, West Wickham, BR4 9BX
Received 7 May 202412 Fyfield Close, Shortlands, Bromley, BR2 0LZ
Received 21 Jun 20238 Pickwick Way, Chislehurst, BR7 6RZ
Received 23 Jul 2024Old Beccehamian Rugby Football Club, Sparrows Den Sports Ground, Corkscrew Hill, West Wickham, BR4 9BB
Received 16 Nov 2022Chislehurst School For Girls, Beaverwood Road, Chislehurst, BR7 6HE
Received 15 Dec 20224 Springfield Walk, Orpington, BR6 8DS
Received 6 Nov 202473 Vinson Close, Orpington, BR6 0EQ
Received 30 Apr 2024Ways End, Wilderness Road, Chislehurst, BR7 5EZ
Received 11 Feb 20255 Northfield Close, Bromley, BR1 2WZ
Received 1 Sept 202225A Widmore Road, Bromley, BR1 1RW
Received 6 Mar 2025172 Pickhurst Lane, Hayes, Bromley, BR2 7JB
Received 21 Nov 20233 Denbridge Road, Bickley, Bromley, BR1 2AG
Received 3 Oct 20236 Barnmead Road, Beckenham, BR3 1JE
Received 13 Jul 202322 Madeira Avenue, Bromley, BR1 4AY
Received 12 Jul 202292 Goddington Lane, Orpington, BR6 9DY
Received 22 Aug 202477 High Street, Beckenham, BR3 1AN
Received 6 Nov 2023Flat 1, 59 Crystal Palace Park Road, Sydenham, London, SE26 6UT
Received 21 Nov 2024West Wickham Library, Glebe Way, West Wickham, BR4 0SH
Received 15 Dec 20225 Orlestone Gardens, Orpington, BR6 6HB
Received 21 Mar 2023Woodlands, Holwood Park Avenue, Orpington, BR6 8NQ
Received 17 Jan 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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