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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.
12,133 approved · 3,458 refused · 432 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 29 Oct 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Contact details were found on council pages. Check the source for opening hours and which enquiries the service handles.
Explore published planning boundaries and follow their source records for designation details. Coverage varies: an empty map does not mean there are no restrictions. Check the council’s current maps and documents before relying on a boundary.
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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.
22 Maxwell Gardens, Orpington, BR6 9QS
Received 15 Aug 2024107 Eden Park Avenue, Beckenham, BR3 3JG
Received 4 Feb 202585 Grange Road, Orpington, BR6 8EB
Received 9 Apr 202471 Shortlands Road, Shortlands, Bromley, BR2 0JJ
Received 28 Nov 2024172 - 174 Petts Wood Road, Petts Wood, Orpington, BR5 1LG
Received 14 Oct 202459 Clarendon Way, Chislehurst, BR7 6RG
Received 24 Jan 202563 Ernest Grove, Beckenham, BR3 3HY
Received 13 Mar 20253 Park End, Bromley, BR1 4AN
Received 17 Mar 202513 Thornet Wood Road, Bickley, Bromley, BR1 2LN
Received 14 Mar 2025Flat A Sixth Floor, Northside House, 69 Tweedy Road, Bromley, BR1 3WA
Received 10 Mar 20257 Bramley Way, West Wickham, BR4 9NT
Received 8 Jan 20258 Tubbenden Drive, Orpington, BR6 9PA
Received 5 Jun 2025Merlewood, Maidstone Road, Sidcup, DA14 5BG
Received 3 Feb 202577B Marlow Road, Penge, London, SE20 7XR
Received 29 Apr 2025112 Crescent Drive, Petts Wood, Orpington, BR5 1BE
Received 24 Mar 202531 The Glen, Orpington, BR6 8LP
Received 12 Sept 2022Eltham College, Grove Park Road, Mottingham, London, SE9 4QF
Received 26 Apr 20232 St Paul's Wood Hill, Orpington, BR5 2SY
Received 5 Jun 2025169 High Street, Orpington, BR6 0LW
Received 20 Dec 20245 The Covert, Petts Wood, Orpington, BR6 0BT
Received 9 May 202218 Hazel Walk, Bromley, BR2 8DF
Received 10 Oct 2024Hillside, 11 Durham Avenue, Shortlands, Bromley, BR2 0QE
Received 17 Feb 202311A Sandy Ridge, Chislehurst, BR7 5DP
Received 30 Apr 20252 Mada Road, Orpington, BR6 8HG
Received 29 Apr 2025Records 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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