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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.
10,484 approved · 3,080 refused · 377 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 25 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
19 Wood Ride, Petts Wood, Orpington, BR5 1PZ
Received 3 Nov 2023175 High Street, Bromley, BR1 1NN
Received 22 Jan 2025Flat 1, 59 Crystal Palace Park Road, Sydenham, London, SE26 6UT
Received 21 Nov 202477 High Street, Beckenham, BR3 1AN
Received 6 Feb 2025Old Town Hall, 30 Tweedy Road, Bromley, BR1 3FE
Received 7 Aug 2023Holmoaks House, 47 Bromley Road, Beckenham, BR3 5PA
Received 25 Apr 20239 Brownspring Drive London SE9 3JY, Greenwich Council
Received 25 Apr 2024North Lodge, Kemnal Road, Chislehurst, BR7 6LY
Received 18 Aug 2023Cudham Environmental Activities Centre, New Barn Lane, Cudham, Westerham, TN16 2HT
Received 1 Jun 2023Coleridge House, 79 Bromley Road, Beckenham, BR3 5PA
Received 1 Jun 20234 Clarendon Green, Orpington, BR5 2PA
Received 9 Feb 202384 Stapleton Road, Orpington, BR6 9TN
Received 2 May 202511 The Chenies, Petts Wood, Orpington, BR6 0ED
Received 6 Jan 2025Former, 34 West Common Road, Hayes, Bromley, BR2 7BX
Received 13 May 2024Lauriston House Nursing Home , Bickley Park Road, Bickley, Bromley, BR1 2AZ
Received 16 Nov 202219 Cator Road, Sydenham, London, SE26 5DT
Received 18 Aug 2023The Robins, 4A Woodlands Road, Bickley, Bromley, BR1 2AE
Received 7 Mar 2024Flat 3, 191 Anerley Road, Penge, London, SE20 8EL
Received 1 Dec 202211 Hazelhurst, Beckenham, BR3 5TL
Received 4 Nov 202261 Tylney Road, Bromley, BR1 2RS
Received 22 Apr 202516 Pelham Road, Beckenham, BR3 4SG
Received 23 Feb 202321 Forest Ridge, Keston, BR2 6EG
Received 13 Jan 2025Former, 56 Bourne Way, Hayes, Bromley, BR2 7EY
Received 22 Dec 202330 Barnmead Road, Beckenham, BR3 1JE
Received 24 Mar 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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