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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.
11,635 approved · 3,368 refused · 419 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 8 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
24 Mottingham Road, Mottingham, London, SE9 4QW
Received 23 Dec 2022497 Upper Elmers End Road, Beckenham, BR3 3DB
Received 10 Oct 202238 Eton Road, Orpington, BR6 9HE
Received 31 Oct 202345 Groveland Road, Beckenham, BR3 3PX
Received 13 Jan 20235 Spur Road, Orpington, BR6 0QR
Received 2 Nov 202226 Crest View Drive, Petts Wood, Orpington, BR5 1BY
Received 2 Feb 20235 Thornton Dene, Beckenham, BR3 3ND
Received 14 Dec 202223 Headingley Drive, Beckenham, BR3 1BH
Received 4 Jul 202323 Beechwood Rise, Chislehurst, BR7 6TF
Received 5 Jun 2023116 Durham Road, Shortlands, Bromley, BR2 0SR
Received 10 Jul 202344 Allenby Road, Biggin Hill, TN16 3LG
Received 25 Apr 202341 Clarence Road, Bickley, Bromley, BR1 2DD
Received 19 May 202318 Slades Drive, Chislehurst, BR7 6JU
Received 30 Jun 202357A Sutherland Avenue, Biggin Hill, TN16 3HG
Received 7 Jun 2023138 Ravenscroft Road, Beckenham, BR3 4TW
Received 9 Jun 202325 Oakdene Avenue, Chislehurst, BR7 6DY
Received 2 May 2023109 St Paul's Wood Hill, Orpington, BR5 2SS
Received 10 Nov 202356 Downs Avenue, Chislehurst, BR7 6HQ
Received 30 Oct 202329A Chancery Lane, Beckenham, BR3 6NR
Received 23 Nov 202359 Thayers Farm Road, Beckenham, BR3 4LY
Received 6 Dec 2023162 Repton Road, Orpington, BR6 9JA
Received 2 Feb 2024151 Lower Camden, Chislehurst, BR7 5JF
Received 11 Mar 2024Flat 3, 20 Cambridge Road, Bromley, BR1 4EA
Received 4 Oct 2023Babington House School, Grange Drive, Chislehurst, BR7 5ES
Received 10 Sept 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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