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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.
11,983 approved · 3,441 refused · 430 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 5 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
18 Barnet Wood Road, Hayes, Bromley, BR2 8HJ
Received 8 Mar 202339 Haileybury Road, Orpington, BR6 9EZ
Received 16 Feb 20236 Park Road, Beckenham, BR3 1QD
Received 7 Aug 202397 Woodside Avenue, Chislehurst, BR7 6BT
Received 20 Mar 202316 Willett Close, Petts Wood, Orpington, BR5 1QH
Received 23 Mar 202328 Jersey Drive, Petts Wood, Orpington, BR5 1ER
Received 5 May 202387 Bourne Road, Bromley, BR2 9PB
Received 30 Jun 2023101 Crofton Lane, Orpington, BR5 1HB
Received 19 Apr 202346 Links Road, West Wickham, BR4 0QW
Received 19 Jun 2023259 Kent House Road, Beckenham, BR3 1JQ
Received 24 Mar 202329 Clement Road, Beckenham, BR3 4NT
Received 30 Aug 202351 Sweeps Lane, Orpington, BR5 3PE
Received 5 Apr 2023131 Village Way, Beckenham, BR3 3NL
Received 3 Jul 2023188 Beckenham Road, Beckenham, BR3 4RJ
Received 18 May 2023South Lodge, Kemnal Road, Chislehurst, BR7 6LY
Received 22 Sept 2023Farringtons School, Perry Street, Chislehurst, BR7 6LR
Received 15 Sept 202320 Park End, Bromley, BR1 4AN
Received 17 Oct 202335 Shawfield Park, Bromley, BR1 2NQ
Received 19 Jan 2024Woodlands Meadow House, Vale Road, Bickley, Bromley, BR1 2AL
Received 16 Jan 202441 Lodge Crescent, Orpington, BR6 0QE
Received 30 Nov 20232 Hook Farm Road, Bromley, BR2 9SX
Received 24 Oct 2023Thiseldome Farm, Tatsfield Lane, Westerham, TN16 2EQ
Received 19 Jan 202416 Christy Road, Biggin Hill, TN16 3DE
Received 24 Jul 202330 Harwood Avenue, Bromley, BR1 3DU
Received 18 Jan 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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