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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.
11,174 approved · 3,266 refused · 401 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 7 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
15 Little Thrift, Petts Wood, Orpington, BR5 1NQ
Received 18 Jun 20246 Little Thrift, Petts Wood, Orpington, BR5 1NQ
Received 3 May 202419 Scotts Lane, Shortlands, Bromley, BR2 0LH
Received 22 Mar 202233 Knoll Rise, Orpington, BR6 0EJ
Received 12 Sept 2022144A Main Road, Biggin Hill, TN16 3BA
Received 12 Jul 202326 Leamington Avenue, Orpington, BR6 9QB
Received 1 Mar 202213 Tudor Way, Petts Wood, Orpington, BR5 1LH
Received 22 Feb 202230 Elizabeth Way, Orpington, BR5 4BJ
Received 9 Mar 2022195 Farnaby Road, Bromley, BR2 0BA
Received 1 Apr 202257 Queensway, West Wickham, BR4 9EP
Received 1 Mar 2022332 Main Road, Biggin Hill, TN16 2HL
Received 6 Apr 202217 Highfield Drive, Shortlands, Bromley, BR2 0RX
Received 18 Feb 202259 Mickleham Road, Orpington, BR5 2RW
Received 20 May 202250 Sandford Road, Bromley, BR2 9AW
Received 9 May 20227 Holywell Close, Orpington, BR6 9XP
Received 12 May 202258 Crampton Road, Penge, London, SE20 7AT
Received 6 May 202261 Bramerton Road, Beckenham, BR3 3NY
Received 6 Jun 20227 Sunray Avenue, Bromley, BR2 8EN
Received 20 Jun 202218 Spur Road, Orpington, BR6 0QL
Received 8 Aug 202282 Chesham Road, Penge, London, SE20 7RP
Received 5 May 202256 Bourne Way, Hayes, Bromley, BR2 7EY
Received 2 Mar 202283 Addison Road, Bromley, BR2 9RS
Received 6 Sept 202214 Pleydell Avenue, Anerley, London, SE19 2LP
Received 16 Nov 20229 Spinney Way, Cudham, Sevenoaks, TN14 7QY
Received 27 Jan 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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