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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.
11,688 approved · 3,379 refused · 422 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 6 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
86 Manor Park Road, West Wickham, BR4 0JZ
Received 28 May 202530 Barnfield Wood Road, Beckenham, BR3 6SU
Received 14 Nov 202321 Gravelwood Close, Chislehurst, BR7 6JT
Received 4 Sept 202326 Barfield Road, Bickley, Bromley, BR1 2HS
Received 5 Jan 2023Churchill Court, 9 Gladstone Road, Orpington, BR6 7TF
Received 14 Oct 202220 Edward Road, Bromley, BR1 3NQ
Received 4 Feb 2025244A Southlands Road, Bromley, BR1 2EQ
Received 7 Nov 2024Highwood, 61 Shortlands Road, Shortlands, Bromley, BR2 0JJ
Received 25 Oct 2024Sutton Court, Belvedere Road, Anerley, London, SE19 2HW
Received 13 Nov 2023Pedestrian Subway Under Crystal Palace Parade, Crystal Palace Parade, Anerley, London
Received 6 Jun 202224 Randolph Road, Bromley, BR2 8PU
Received 29 Sept 202363 - 65 Queensway, Petts Wood, Orpington, BR5 1DQ
Received 1 Nov 2024Midas House, 2 Knoll Rise, Orpington, BR6 0EL
Received 18 Mar 2022161 Victor Road, Penge, London, SE20 7JU
Received 28 Sept 202317 Orchard Road, Bromley, BR1 2PR
Received 14 Feb 20229 Elham Close, Bromley, BR1 2TQ
Received 9 Aug 2024306 - 310 Court Road, Orpington, BR6 9DA
Received 5 Feb 20241 Contessa Close, Orpington, BR6 7ER
Received 24 Nov 202347 Beadon Road, Bromley, BR2 9AS
Received 24 Jan 2024Flat 5, 33 Grove Park Road, Mottingham, London, SE9 4NP
Received 13 Nov 202317 Bournewood Road, Orpington, BR5 4JN
Received 6 Sept 2023103A Lubbock Road, Chislehurst, BR7 5LA
Received 30 Mar 202213 Chesham Road, Penge, London, SE20 7RH
Received 22 Dec 202136 Burrfield Drive, Orpington, BR5 4BY
Received 13 Dec 2021Records 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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