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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.
11,591 approved · 3,360 refused · 418 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Contact details were found on council pages. Check the source for opening hours and which enquiries the service handles.
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.
6 Borkwood Park, Orpington, BR6 9LD
Received 13 Mar 202434 Barkway Drive, Orpington, BR6 8PQ
Received 14 Mar 2024Land Rear Of 1 To 29, Lennard Road, Bromley
Received 17 Apr 202414 Tubbenden Lane, Orpington, BR6 9PN
Received 18 Jun 202437 Alexandra Crescent, Bromley, BR1 4EX
Received 16 Jul 202415 Vinson Close, Orpington, BR6 0EQ
Received 9 Apr 2024Luxin, 14A Chestnut Grove, Penge, London, SE20 8PD
Received 9 Apr 20248 Madeline Road, Penge, London, SE20 8AY
Received 27 Sept 2024Crystal Palace Football Club Academy, Copers Cope Road, Beckenham, BR3 1NZ
Received 18 Apr 202431 Amesbury Road, Bromley, BR1 2QJ
Received 16 Jul 202416 Woodside Road, Bickley, Bromley, BR1 2ES
Received 1 Nov 2024Bromley Civic Centre, Stockwell Close, Bromley, BR1 3UH
Received 9 May 2025Wickham Manor Service Station, 171 High Street, West Wickham, BR4 0LU
Received 20 Feb 202515 Darrick Wood Road, Orpington, BR6 8AN
Received 9 Oct 20241 Alma Road, Orpington, BR5 4PT
Received 13 Jan 20251 Willow Close, Orpington, BR5 2AZ
Received 14 Apr 202564 Borkwood Way, Orpington, BR6 9PF
Received 27 Mar 2025Ashbourne, 25B Holbrook Lane, Chislehurst, BR7 6PE
Received 11 Dec 20241 Crow Hill, Rookery Road, Downe, Orpington, BR6 7JE
Received 29 Jan 202542 Walwyn Avenue, Bromley, BR1 2RD
Received 11 Nov 202423 Heathfield Road, Keston, BR2 6BG
Received 10 Jan 2025LAND ADJACENT TO 8, MARINA CLOSE, BROMLEY
Received 24 Jan 202521 Broomfield Road, Beckenham, BR3 3QB
Received 10 Feb 20251 Copperfield Way, Chislehurst, BR7 6RY
Received 21 Aug 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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