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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.
11,239 approved · 3,285 refused · 405 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 27 Jan 2022 to 16 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
435 Upper Elmers End Road, Beckenham, BR3 3DB
Received 30 Oct 2023Casa Bello, 13A Court Farm Road, Mottingham, London, SE9 4JH
Received 27 May 202524 Barnmead Road, Beckenham, BR3 1JE
Received 21 Feb 2024Wickham Park House, Bethlem Royal Hospital, Wickham Road, Shirley, Croydon, CR0 8EH
Received 26 Aug 202241 Oaklands Avenue, West Wickham, BR4 9LF
Received 1 May 202441 Shortlands Road, Shortlands, Bromley, BR2 0JG
Received 11 Dec 2023Car Park, Station Road, Bromley
Received 1 May 2024Danholm, Beechcroft, Chislehurst, BR7 5DB
Received 14 Jul 2023Watergate School Lushington Road London SE6 3WQ, Lewisham Council
Received 23 Feb 202412 Marlowe Close, Chislehurst, BR7 6ND
Received 1 May 202595 Chislehurst Road, Orpington, BR6 0DL
Received 28 Mar 2023Chislehurst Common, High Street, Chislehurst
Received 28 Jul 2023West Wickham Library, Glebe Way, West Wickham, BR4 0SH
Received 20 Mar 2023Frankie & Benny's, Farnborough Way, Orpington, BR6 7DH
Received 20 Nov 20245 Courtenay Drive, Beckenham, BR3 6YE
Received 10 Aug 2022Trinity Church Of England Primary School, Princes Plain, Bromley, BR2 8LD
Received 31 Jul 20231 Birchwood Road, Petts Wood, Orpington, BR5 1NX
Received 3 Feb 202213 Woodlands Road, Bickley, Bromley, BR1 2AD
Received 9 May 2022130 - 132 Heathfield Road, Keston, BR2 6BF
Received 9 Dec 20222 Rectory Place, Hawkwood Lane, Chislehurst, BR7 5PN
Received 18 Nov 2024Glendale, Holwood Park Avenue, Orpington, BR6 8NG
Received 20 Nov 2024165 - 167 High Street, Orpington, BR6 0LW
Received 26 Apr 20242 Manor Place, Mavelstone Road, Bromley, BR1 2TA
Received 11 Sept 202317 Oatfield Road, Orpington, BR6 0ER
Received 14 Aug 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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