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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.
10,490 approved · 3,081 refused · 377 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
1 Rookery Villas, Rookery Road, Downe, Orpington, BR6 7JQ
Received 21 May 20231 Eastwell Close, Beckenham, BR3 1TY
Received 14 May 202427 The Meadow, Chislehurst, BR7 6AA
Received 24 Oct 202266A Craven Road, Orpington, BR6 7RT
Received 17 Jan 2023Bracken, Hazel Grove, Orpington, BR6 8LU
Received 7 Feb 202575 Highlands Road, Orpington, BR5 4JP
Received 15 Oct 2024Land At Lower Hook Farm, Shire Lane, Farnborough, Orpington
Received 11 Oct 2023Crystal Palace Football Club Whitehorse Lane South Norwood London SE25 6PU, Croydon Council
Received 14 Feb 202588 Plaistow Lane, Bromley, BR1 3JE
Received 30 Nov 202213 Barnesdale Crescent, Orpington, BR5 2AU
Received 13 Feb 202339 Balmoral Avenue, Beckenham, BR3 3RD
Received 7 Mar 20233 The Grove, Biggin Hill, TN16 3TA
Received 23 Aug 2024Sheepcote Farm, Sheepcote Lane, Orpington, BR5 4ET
Received 29 Mar 202445 Waratah Drive, Chislehurst, BR7 5FP
Received 9 Jun 202236B Albemarle Road, Beckenham, BR3 5HN
Received 18 Aug 202210 Almond Way, Bromley, BR2 8DR
Received 18 May 202377 Durban Road, Beckenham, BR3 4EY
Received 8 Jul 202242 Holywell Close, Orpington, BR6 9XP
Received 12 May 202211 Walkden Road, Chislehurst, BR7 6DX
Received 25 Jul 202248 Ravenswood Avenue, West Wickham, BR4 0PW
Received 14 Jul 2022Barnet Mead, Barnet Wood Road, Hayes, Bromley, BR2 8HJ
Received 28 Jun 202213 Genoa Road, Penge, London, SE20 8ES
Received 27 Jul 202243 Addison Road, Bromley, BR2 9RP
Received 27 May 202280 Hayes Street, Hayes, Bromley, BR2 7LH
Received 24 Jun 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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