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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.
11,118 approved · 3,247 refused · 401 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 11 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
64 Lubbock Road, Chislehurst, BR7 5JX
Received 3 Feb 20251 Wellands Close, Bickley, Bromley, BR1 2AQ
Received 28 Mar 2025Three Chestnuts , Scotts Avenue, Shortlands, Bromley, BR2 0LQ
Received 26 Apr 2023Street Record Arcus Road Bromley, Lewisham Council
Received 7 Aug 202352 Southborough Road, Bickley, Bromley, BR1 2EN
Received 22 May 2023119 Lockesley Drive, Orpington, BR5 2AD
Received 31 May 202216 Ernest Grove, Beckenham, BR3 3JF
Received 7 Jun 202232 South View, Bromley, BR1 3DP
Received 25 Jul 202239 Homemead Road, Bickley, Bromley, BR2 8BB
Received 29 Feb 202459 Sutherland Avenue, Petts Wood, Orpington, BR5 1QY
Received 23 Nov 202332 Homestead Road, Orpington, BR6 6HW
Received 9 Oct 202356 Bourne Way, Hayes, Bromley, BR2 7EY
Received 12 May 202261 Tintagel Road, Orpington, BR5 4LG
Received 22 Dec 2022101 Erickson Gardens, Bromley, BR2 9FZ
Received 21 Feb 2022108 London Road, Bromley, BR1 3RL
Received 1 Mar 202270 Sandhurst Road, Orpington, BR6 9HW
Received 28 Feb 202248 Petten Grove, Orpington, BR5 4PU
Received 21 Mar 2022Land Outside Holy Trinity Church, Lennard Road, London
Received 8 Jul 2022246 Hayes Lane, Hayes, Bromley, BR2 7LA
Received 25 Jul 202234 Crescent Drive, Petts Wood, Orpington, BR5 1BD
Received 27 May 202218 Braeside, Beckenham, BR3 1SU
Received 16 May 202314 Peel Road, Orpington, BR6 7BJ
Received 18 May 20237 Teal Avenue, Orpington, BR5 3NE
Received 7 Jun 202222 Brabourne Rise, Beckenham, BR3 6SG
Received 26 Jul 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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