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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.
10,432 approved · 3,067 refused · 374 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 2 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Land Adjacent, 309 High Street, Orpington
Received 14 Mar 202511 Sheridan Crescent, Chislehurst, BR7 5RZ
Received 3 Jun 2025Clifford House, 1 Calverley Close, Beckenham, BR3 1UH
Received 15 Apr 202518 Anerley Park, Penge, London, SE20 8ND
Received 26 Jun 202417 Pickhurst Rise, West Wickham, BR4 0AB
Received 1 Nov 202293 The Glades Shopping Centre, High Street, Bromley, BR1 1DD
Received 28 Dec 202219 Fox Hill, Anerley, London, SE19 2UX
Received 10 Jul 202441 Lancing Road, Orpington, BR6 0QS
Received 30 May 20254 Manor Way, Beckenham, BR3 3LJ
Received 15 Nov 2024Hill House, 113 Foxgrove Road, Beckenham, BR3 5DA
Received 9 Dec 2024Franschhoek, Grays Road, Westerham, TN16 2JB
Received 27 May 2022St Olaves Grammar School, Goddington Lane, Orpington, BR6 9SH
Received 7 Jun 202390 Langley Way, West Wickham, BR4 0DR
Received 31 May 2023Storage Unit Rear Of 184 Maple Road, Blenheim Road, Penge, London
Received 13 Jun 202348 Bushey Way, Beckenham, BR3 6TD
Received 6 Feb 2024The Elms And Land Adjacent, Mottingham Lane, Mottingham, London
Received 6 Jun 2024139 High Street, Beckenham, BR3 1AG
Received 1 Jun 202246 Brooklyn Road, Bromley, BR2 9SD
Received 4 Jul 20223 Benson Mews, Chislehurst, BR7 6FD
Received 27 Jul 20221 Orchard Road, Bromley, BR1 2PR
Received 24 Jun 202212 Lyndhurst Close, Orpington, BR6 7UW
Received 30 Jun 2022431 Upper Elmers End Road, Beckenham, BR3 3DA
Received 5 Aug 20228 Nightingale Road, Petts Wood, Orpington, BR5 1BG
Received 17 May 20222 Weighton Road, Penge, London, SE20 8TS
Received 27 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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