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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.
11,460 approved · 3,328 refused · 412 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 5 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
21 Greycot Road, Beckenham, BR3 1TA
Received 14 Feb 2024165 - 167 High Street, Orpington, BR6 0LW
Received 17 Mar 2025Beckenham Rugby Football Club, Balmoral Avenue, Beckenham, BR3 3RD
Received 19 May 2022Birches, Wilderness Road, Chislehurst, BR7 5EZ
Received 30 Jan 2025The School House, Old Perry Street, Chislehurst, BR7 6PP
Received 23 May 2022Chislehurst School For Girls, Beaverwood Road, Chislehurst, BR7 6HE
Received 18 Oct 202463 - 65 Queensway, Petts Wood, Orpington, BR5 1DQ
Received 1 Nov 20248 Lower Camden, Chislehurst, BR7 5HX
Received 17 Jan 2024Beckenham Place Park Beckenham Hill Beckenham, Lewisham Council
Received 1 Mar 202312 Belvedere Road, Biggin Hill, TN16 3HT
Received 18 Oct 202430 Aynscombe Angle, Orpington, BR6 0HJ
Received 24 Apr 20256 Hayes Way, Beckenham, BR3 6RL
Received 28 May 202574 Turners Meadow Way, Beckenham, BR3 4TG
Received 10 Jan 2022434 Main Road, Biggin Hill, TN16 2HW
Received 16 Feb 202330 Perry Hall Road, Orpington, BR6 0HS
Received 13 Jun 2024Holy Trinity Church, 66 Lennard Road, London, SE20 7LX
Received 14 Mar 2024Banbury House, Bushell Way, Chislehurst, BR7 6SF
Received 31 Mar 2022Anchor House, 5 Station Road, Orpington, BR6 0RZ
Received 16 Jun 20239 Copse Avenue, West Wickham, BR4 9NL
Received 26 Jul 20232 Homewood Villas, Old Perry Street, Chislehurst, BR7 6PW
Received 29 Feb 20245 Woodhead Drive, Orpington, BR6 9RD
Received 28 Nov 202424 Crossway, Petts Wood, Orpington, BR5 1PE
Received 11 Nov 202420 Ninhams Wood, Orpington, BR6 8NJ
Received 8 Mar 2022Oak Spinney, Crab Hill, Beckenham, BR3 5HE
Received 15 Jul 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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