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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.
11,878 approved · 3,425 refused · 425 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 16 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
40 Harwood Avenue, Bromley, BR1 3DU
Received 20 Jul 202226 East Street, Bromley, BR1 1QU
Received 8 Jul 2022105 Merlin Grove, Beckenham, BR3 3HS
Received 21 Apr 202249 Shawfield Park, Bromley, BR1 2NQ
Received 28 Feb 2024Unit 1, 25 Market Square, Bromley, BR1 1NA
Received 25 Sept 2023205 Hawes Lane, West Wickham, BR4 9AG
Received 19 Sept 2023Former, 34 West Common Road, Hayes, Bromley, BR2 7BX
Received 28 Feb 2024White Gates, Mead Road, Chislehurst, BR7 6AD
Received 16 Nov 202224 Ethelbert Road, Orpington, BR5 3JW
Received 15 Aug 2022Land Outside 200, Kent House Road, Beckenham
Received 13 Jun 2022The Ravensbourne School, Hayes Lane, Hayes, Bromley, BR2 9EH
Received 19 Apr 20227 Stanley Road, Orpington, BR6 0ET
Received 15 Nov 202283 Lovibonds Avenue, Orpington, BR6 8EP
Received 16 Aug 2023Street Record, Cricket Ground Road, Chislehurst
Received 18 Jan 202416 Wellhouse Road, Beckenham, BR3 3JR
Received 11 Jan 20234 Malvern Road, Orpington, BR6 9HB
Received 20 Dec 202245 Farnaby Road, Bromley, BR1 4BL
Received 24 Jan 2023249 High Street, Orpington, BR6 0NR
Received 16 Jan 202326 Forest Ridge, Beckenham, BR3 3NH
Received 14 Jun 202319A Clarendon Way, Chislehurst, BR7 6RE
Received 20 Jun 20237 Oatfield Road, Orpington, BR6 0ER
Received 16 Jun 2023Parking Area West Of The Spa, Beckenham Road, Beckenham
Received 29 Jul 20245 Minard Court, 160 Ravenscroft Road, Beckenham, BR3 4TW
Received 24 Mar 202368 Hawkhurst Way, West Wickham, BR4 9PF
Received 26 Jul 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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