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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.
11,578 approved · 3,354 refused · 417 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 15 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Explore published planning boundaries and follow their source records for designation details. Coverage varies: an empty map does not mean there are no restrictions. Check the council’s current maps and documents before relying on a boundary.
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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.
1 Mosyer Drive, Orpington, BR5 4PN
Received 10 Jan 202265 The Grove, West Wickham, BR4 9JY
Received 5 Jan 20227 The Fairway, Bickley, Bromley, BR1 2JZ
Received 8 Apr 20221 Meadow Way, Orpington, BR6 8LN
Received 10 Jan 2022102 Repton Road, Orpington, BR6 9HX
Received 11 Mar 2022102 Village Way, Beckenham, BR3 3PA
Received 29 Mar 202228 Holbrook Lane, Chislehurst, BR7 6PF
Received 14 Feb 2022Bedlam , 12 Westleigh Drive, Bromley, BR1 2PN
Received 5 Jan 202232 Courtfield Rise, West Wickham, BR4 9BE
Received 7 Feb 2022Maxbys, Raggleswood, Chislehurst, BR7 5NH
Received 11 Mar 202288 High Street, Bromley, BR1 1HF
Received 10 May 202234 Crescent Drive, Petts Wood, Orpington, BR5 1BD
Received 27 May 202216 Padua Road, Penge, London, SE20 8HF
Received 17 Jun 2022Rusholme Lodge, 57 High Street, Farnborough, Orpington, BR6 7BB
Received 4 May 202228 Lynwood Grove, Orpington, BR6 0BG
Received 23 May 202232 Hampden Road, Beckenham, BR3 4HH
Received 4 May 2022Church Of The Annunciation, High Street, Chislehurst, BR7 5AQ
Received 30 Jun 2022130 High Street, Bromley, BR1 1EZ
Received 22 Apr 2022Land South Of The Manor, New Barn Lane, Cudham, Westerham
Received 4 Aug 202295 Cudham Lane North, Orpington, BR6 6BY
Received 16 Nov 2022Land Fronting 21, Dalton Close, Orpington
Received 27 Jan 20238 Marion Crescent, Orpington, BR5 2DD
Received 3 Jan 20231st Cray Valley Air Scout Group, The Landway, Orpington, BR5 3LH
Received 11 Jan 202315A Chatterton Road, Bromley, BR2 9QW
Received 1 Oct 2022Records 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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