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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.
11,324 approved · 3,305 refused · 407 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 19 Jan 2022 to 16 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 17 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
28 Romany Rise, Orpington, BR5 1HQ
Received 20 Aug 202432 Vincent Square, Biggin Hill, TN16 3EL
Received 23 Apr 2024122 Woodside Avenue, Chislehurst, BR7 6BS
Received 26 Jun 2024Unit 5, Laker Industrial Estate, Kent House Lane, Beckenham, BR3 1JT
Received 24 Jun 202438 Hilborough Way, Orpington, BR6 7EW
Received 21 Jun 202426 Hayes Hill Road, Hayes, Bromley, BR2 7HT
Received 3 Jun 202488 Ravensworth Road, Mottingham, London, SE9 4LW
Received 18 Jul 202430 Craven Road, Orpington, BR6 7RT
Received 11 Aug 202448 Greenways, Beckenham, BR3 3NQ
Received 3 Mar 20256 Royal Parade, Chislehurst, BR7 6NR
Received 8 Nov 202497 Empress Drive, Chislehurst, BR7 5BG
Received 7 Mar 202545 Wood Ride, Petts Wood, Orpington, BR5 1QA
Received 23 May 20256 Eden Way, Beckenham, BR3 3DJ
Received 24 Mar 20252 Ormonde Avenue, Orpington, BR6 8JP
Received 19 Mar 2025123 Queen Anne Avenue, Shortlands, Bromley, BR2 0SH
Received 21 Feb 202588 Petts Wood Road, Petts Wood, Orpington, BR5 1LE
Received 7 Apr 202524 Shelley Close, Orpington, BR6 9QX
Received 17 Dec 2024Land Adjacent To 5, Maybury Close, Petts Wood, Orpington
Received 27 May 20251 Gravel Road, Bromley, BR2 8PE
Received 4 Jun 2025Snag Farm, Snag Lane, Cudham, Sevenoaks, TN14 7RG
Received 23 May 2025289 Upper Elmers End Road, Beckenham, BR3 3QR
Received 15 May 2025Shaw Trust House, 19 Elmfield Road, Bromley, BR1 1LT
Received 16 Nov 202217 Rolinsden Way, Keston, BR2 6HY
Received 24 Oct 2022Hampton Hall, 1A Holbrook Lane, Chislehurst, BR7 6PE
Received 15 Apr 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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