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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.
11,938 approved · 3,437 refused · 429 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 10 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Flat 1, Lambourn House, 12 Holmbury Park, Bromley, BR1 2WB
Received 6 May 2025265 High Street, St Mary Cray, Orpington, BR5 4AR
Received 2 Jun 202511 Cavendish Way, West Wickham, BR4 0LG
Received 27 May 2025Flat 2, 14 Church Road, Shortlands, Bromley, BR2 0HP
Received 22 Mar 202322 Woodmere Way, Beckenham, BR3 6SL
Received 8 Jul 202231 East Street, Bromley, BR1 1QQ
Received 10 Nov 202372 Kingsway, Petts Wood, Orpington, BR5 1PT
Received 23 Nov 2022259 Chislehurst Road, Orpington, BR5 1NS
Received 3 Apr 2025Llewellyn Court, 28 Howard Road, Penge, London, SE20 7AS
Received 14 Jun 202279 Vinson Close, Orpington, BR6 0EQ
Received 17 Mar 202277 High Street, Beckenham, BR3 1AN
Received 23 Nov 20231 Sundridge Avenue, Bromley, BR1 2PU
Received 25 Jul 202218 High Broom Crescent, West Wickham, BR4 0RG
Received 19 Apr 202342 Kingsway, Petts Wood, Orpington, BR5 1PS
Received 16 Feb 2024Olleys Posh Wosh, 151 Sevenoaks Way, Orpington, BR5 3PW
Received 27 Apr 2023Sterling Rose House, 35 Widmore Road, Bromley, BR1 1RW
Received 28 May 2025Street Record, Kemnal Road, Chislehurst
Received 21 Jan 20256 Longdon Wood, Keston, BR2 6EW
Received 31 May 2022Flat A, 56 Belvedere Road, Anerley, London, SE19 2HW
Received 11 Sept 202418 Woodside Road, Bickley, Bromley, BR1 2ES
Received 19 Nov 2021St Davids College, Beckenham Road, West Wickham, BR4 0QS
Received 8 Dec 202113 Brookside, Orpington, BR6 0AW
Received 25 Jan 20224 Clarendon Green, Orpington, BR5 2PA
Received 25 Feb 202220 Ruskin Drive, Orpington, BR6 9RR
Received 30 Mar 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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