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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.
11,093 approved · 3,236 refused · 398 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 14 Feb 2022 to 14 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 16 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
78 Nightingale Road, Petts Wood, Orpington, BR5 1BQ
Received 14 Aug 20231 The Glen, Orpington, BR6 8LP
Received 13 Jun 202222 Birchwood Road, Petts Wood, Orpington, BR5 1NY
Received 29 Apr 2022Clifford House, 1 Calverley Close, Beckenham, BR3 1UH
Received 16 Feb 202418 Longdon Wood, Keston, BR2 6EW
Received 27 Jun 202492 Madeira Avenue, Bromley, BR1 4AS
Received 9 Jul 2024Bullers Wood School For Girls, St Nicolas Lane, Chislehurst, BR7 5LJ
Received 16 Dec 20247 Wessex Court, 15 Bickley Road, Bickley, Bromley, BR1 2ND
Received 5 Oct 202236 Clarendon Green, Orpington, BR5 2PA
Received 27 Aug 20244 Farrington Place, Chislehurst, BR7 6BE
Received 14 Jun 20231 Beech Dell, Keston, BR2 6EP
Received 20 Nov 2023Woodlands, Hawthorne Road, Bickley, Bromley, BR1 2HN
Received 14 Jul 20235A Church Road, Shortlands, Bromley, BR2 0HP
Received 9 Jan 202526 Willett Close, Petts Wood, Orpington, BR5 1QH
Received 18 Feb 2022Swainmote, Raggleswood, Chislehurst, BR7 5NH
Received 6 May 202515 Little Thrift, Petts Wood, Orpington, BR5 1NQ
Received 30 Sept 2024Shortlands Golf Club, Meadow Road, Bromley, BR2 0DX
Received 9 Aug 20244 Hawthorne Close, Bromley, BR1 2HJ
Received 12 Jul 20239 Poyntell Crescent, Chislehurst, BR7 6PJ
Received 26 Jul 2023Street Record, The Chenies, Petts Wood, Orpington
Received 1 Aug 2022116 Avondale Road, Bromley, BR1 4EY
Received 16 May 2023Land Adjacent To Snag Farm, Snag Lane, Cudham, Sevenoaks
Received 23 Jul 20242 Homewood Villas, Old Perry Street, Chislehurst, BR7 6PW
Received 29 Feb 202427 Queens Road, Beckenham, BR3 4JN
Received 17 Sept 2024Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
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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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