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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.
11,503 approved · 3,342 refused · 413 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 21 Dec 2021 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
3 Hawes Road, Bromley, BR1 3JR
Received 27 May 20221 Dorado Gardens, Orpington, BR6 7TD
Received 9 Jun 202220 Tubbenden Close, Orpington, BR6 9RB
Received 21 Jun 202246 Belmont Road, Beckenham, BR3 4HN
Received 19 May 202220 Daerwood Close, Bromley, BR2 8NU
Received 24 May 20222 The Birches, Orpington, BR6 8NH
Received 19 Jul 202212 Goodhart Way, West Wickham, BR4 0ES
Received 27 Sept 2022Goddington Manor, Court Road, Orpington, BR6 9AT
Received 6 Oct 202284 Birkbeck Road, Beckenham, BR3 4SP
Received 6 Oct 2022Loksley, 1A Beechcroft Road, Orpington, BR6 9NR
Received 31 Jan 20234 Minard Court, 160 Ravenscroft Road, Beckenham, BR3 4TW
Received 11 Nov 202268 Coniston Road, Bromley, BR1 4JB
Received 17 Oct 2022144 Crescent Drive, Petts Wood, Orpington, BR5 1BE
Received 8 Mar 202332 Chatsworth Avenue, Bromley, BR1 5DP
Received 22 Sept 20223 Liskeard Close, Chislehurst, BR7 6RT
Received 6 Mar 2023Walsingham Tye, Manor Park, Chislehurst, BR7 5QE
Received 28 May 2024Churchfields Primary School, Churchfields Road, Beckenham, BR3 4QR
Received 26 Jun 20233 Belmont Road, Beckenham, BR3 4HW
Received 16 Mar 202327 Colesburg Road, Beckenham, BR3 4HP
Received 18 Apr 202435 Widmore Road, Bromley, BR1 1RW
Received 1 Mar 2023The Roses , Kemnal Road, Chislehurst, BR7 6LT
Received 21 Mar 202312 Nursery Close, Orpington, BR6 0DZ
Received 26 Sept 2023286 Court Road, Orpington, BR6 9DE
Received 18 Dec 202313 Penhale Close, Orpington, BR6 9XS
Received 2 Nov 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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