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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.
10,438 approved · 3,070 refused · 375 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 29 Apr 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
27 Fairway, Petts Wood, Orpington, BR5 1EE
Received 16 Feb 2023Oakhill House, 39 The Knoll, Beckenham, BR3 5JH
Received 12 Oct 2022L Escale, Walden Road, Chislehurst, BR7 5DJ
Received 23 Dec 202276 Arundel Drive, Orpington, BR6 9JG
Received 28 Dec 202210 Heatherbank, Chislehurst, BR7 5RE
Received 20 Jan 2023159 Star Lane, Orpington, BR5 3LN
Received 28 Sept 2022Marqueen House, 215 High Street, Beckenham, BR3 1BN
Received 6 Oct 202213 Thornet Wood Road, Bickley, Bromley, BR1 2LN
Received 28 Sept 2022131 Village Way, Beckenham, BR3 3NL
Received 7 Dec 20228 Pittsmead Avenue, Hayes, Bromley, BR2 7NL
Received 22 Sept 2022129 Homesdale Road, Bromley, BR2 9LE
Received 12 Oct 202354 Batchwood Green, Orpington, BR5 2NF
Received 23 Jan 202329 Stambourne Way, West Wickham, BR4 9NE
Received 3 Mar 202344 Westmoreland Road, Bromley, BR2 0QS
Received 10 Jul 202396 Cudham Lane North, Cudham, Sevenoaks, TN14 7QS
Received 3 May 202312 Wimborne Avenue, Chislehurst, BR7 6RQ
Received 12 Jun 202419 Crossway, Petts Wood, Orpington, BR5 1PF
Received 5 Jun 202320 Repton Road, Orpington, BR6 9HS
Received 13 Mar 2023400 Blandford Road, Beckenham, BR3 4NN
Received 15 Jun 2023382 Court Road, Orpington, BR6 9BX
Received 18 Apr 2023169 Clock House Road, Beckenham, BR3 4JZ
Received 19 Jun 202374 Kingswood Avenue, Shortlands, Bromley, BR2 0NP
Received 9 May 2023149 Green Lane, Chislehurst, BR7 6AX
Received 23 Jun 2023Crystal Palace Football Club Academy, Copers Cope Road, Beckenham, BR3 1NZ
Received 9 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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