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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.
11,834 approved · 3,416 refused · 424 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 19 Nov 2021 to 16 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 18 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
1B Sunningvale Avenue, Biggin Hill, TN16 3BU
Received 21 Mar 202230 Norlands Crescent, Chislehurst, BR7 5RN
Received 19 Jan 202260D Copers Cope Road, Beckenham, BR3 1RJ
Received 1 Mar 202217 Porthallow Close, Orpington, BR6 9XU
Received 6 Apr 202265 Hayes Lane, Hayes, Bromley, BR2 9EF
Received 22 Mar 202218 Kimmeridge Road, Mottingham, London, SE9 4LD
Received 17 Feb 2022208 Chislehurst Road, Orpington, BR5 1NR
Received 8 Feb 202237 Bromley Crescent, Bromley, BR2 0HA
Received 17 Jan 2022Holmbury, Keston Avenue, Keston, BR2 6BH
Received 4 Aug 202217 Melbury Close, Chislehurst, BR7 5ET
Received 2 May 202242 Crossway, Petts Wood, Orpington, BR5 1PE
Received 14 Jun 202298 Nightingale Lane, Bromley, BR1 2SE
Received 20 Apr 20221 Sundridge Avenue, Bromley, BR1 2PU
Received 5 Jul 202237 Sylvan Way, West Wickham, BR4 9HA
Received 27 Apr 202270 Queensway, West Wickham, BR4 9ER
Received 23 May 2022126 Woodside Avenue, Chislehurst, BR7 6BS
Received 4 May 2022Land Opposite Sapphire House, Churchill Way, Biggin Hill
Received 23 Jun 2022126 Goodhart Way, West Wickham, BR4 0EZ
Received 25 Aug 202258 Malmains Way, Beckenham, BR3 6SB
Received 31 Aug 2022184 High Street, Bromley, BR1 1HE
Received 27 Jul 202212 Almond Close, Bromley, BR2 8DS
Received 16 Aug 20225 Spring Gardens, Orpington, BR6 6HJ
Received 27 Jun 202210 Cherrycot Rise, Orpington, BR6 7DL
Received 25 Oct 202337 Manor Way, Petts Wood, Orpington, BR5 1NN
Received 24 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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