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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.
11,588 approved · 3,360 refused · 418 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 13 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Central Court, 1B Knoll Rise, Orpington, BR6 0JA
Received 22 Feb 2023Bethlem Royal Hospital, Monks Orchard Road, Beckenham, BR3 3BX
Received 10 Nov 20223 Raleigh Mews, Orpington, BR6 6NR
Received 26 Jan 202323 Oakfield Lane, Keston, BR2 6BY
Received 17 Oct 202220 Barnmead Road, Beckenham, BR3 1JE
Received 22 Sept 202224 Sevenoaks Road, Orpington, BR6 9JJ
Received 8 Oct 202223 Crowhurst Way, Orpington, BR5 4BW
Received 29 Sept 20228 Bird In Hand Lane, Bickley, Bromley, BR1 2NB
Received 7 Aug 202314 Newing Green, Bromley, BR1 2TD
Received 16 Jun 2023Rose Cottage, Watts Lane, Chislehurst, BR7 5PJ
Received 10 May 202341 Baston Road, Hayes, Bromley, BR2 7BD
Received 1 Sept 20225 Coombe Lea, Bickley, Bromley, BR1 2HQ
Received 10 Mar 2023251 Chislehurst Road, Orpington, BR5 1NS
Received 31 Mar 202368 Southborough Road, Bickley, Bromley, BR1 2EN
Received 21 Jun 2023203B High Street, Penge, London, SE20 7PF
Received 7 Aug 202315 St James's Avenue, Beckenham, BR3 4HF
Received 14 Sept 202370 Goddington Lane, Orpington, BR6 9DY
Received 26 Oct 202349 Birkbeck Road, Beckenham, BR3 4SL
Received 26 Oct 202380 Albert Road, Bromley, BR2 9PY
Received 5 Sept 20239 Kydbrook Close, Petts Wood, Orpington, BR5 1DW
Received 30 Nov 2023Old Court House, 3B Old Hill, Chislehurst, BR7 5LZ
Received 1 Aug 2023122 Babbacombe Road, Bromley, BR1 3LT
Received 14 Feb 20241 Mosaic Way, Beckenham, BR3 3SW
Received 21 Dec 2023Nugent Shopping Park, Cray Avenue, Orpington, BR5 3RP
Received 27 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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