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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.
11,154 approved · 3,260 refused · 401 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 8 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Scout Hall, Homemead Road, Bickley, Bromley
Received 27 Jul 202320 Friar Road, Orpington, BR5 2BN
Received 7 Mar 202329 Alexandra Crescent, Bromley, BR1 4ET
Received 24 May 2023210 Pickhurst Rise, West Wickham, BR4 0AU
Received 13 Jun 20233 Friar Road, Orpington, BR5 2BL
Received 4 May 202328 Broadoaks Way, Bromley, BR2 0UB
Received 23 Mar 202312 Kepplestone Mews, Beckenham, BR3 6AX
Received 10 Jul 202365 Bromley Gardens, Bromley, BR2 0ES
Received 1 Dec 202319 Wyvern Close, Orpington, BR6 9DX
Received 21 Feb 202421 Tower Road, Orpington, BR6 0SG
Received 5 Sept 2023Uphill Cottage, Old Hill, Chislehurst, BR7 5NB
Received 31 Jan 2024Crown Hotel, School Road, Chislehurst, BR7 5PQ
Received 22 Mar 2024Frankie & Benny's, Farnborough Way, Orpington, BR6 7DH
Received 11 Jul 202432 Windermere Road, West Wickham, BR4 9AW
Received 27 Jun 2024The Mill House, Crayfield Industrial Park, Main Road, St Pauls Cray, Orpington, BR5 3HS
Received 20 May 202439 Victoria Gardens, Biggin Hill, TN16 3DL
Received 9 Dec 202439 Broadoaks Way, Bromley, BR2 0UA
Received 8 Apr 202415 Brabourne Rise, Beckenham, BR3 6SQ
Received 29 Apr 202418 Hampden Road, Beckenham, BR3 4HH
Received 14 Jun 20249 Braemar Gardens, West Wickham, BR4 0JN
Received 19 Apr 20244 Wolsey Mews, Orpington, BR6 6LN
Received 19 Jul 20244 Inglewood Copse, Bickley, Bromley, BR1 2BB
Received 11 Mar 2024333 Dunkery Road, Mottingham, London, SE9 4LP
Received 15 Aug 202413 Ember Close, Petts Wood, Orpington, BR5 1AP
Received 6 Dec 2024Records 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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