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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.
12,252 approved · 3,481 refused · 432 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 18 Oct 2021 to 16 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 19 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
50 Royston Road, Penge, London, SE20 7QN
Received 26 Oct 202230 Allenby Road, Biggin Hill, TN16 3LH
Received 12 Aug 20222 Orchard Road, Pratts Bottom, Orpington, BR6 7NT
Received 30 Nov 202213 Heath Park Drive, Bickley, Bromley, BR1 2WQ
Received 25 Jan 202319 Scotts Lane, Shortlands, Bromley, BR2 0LH
Received 3 Oct 202239 Hazelmere Road, Petts Wood, Orpington, BR5 1PA
Received 16 Feb 20232 Craven Road, Orpington, BR6 7RT
Received 19 Dec 202250 Eden Park Avenue, Beckenham, BR3 3HW
Received 10 Feb 202330 Westbury Road, Beckenham, BR3 4DD
Received 7 Mar 202334 Ravensbourne Road, Bromley, BR1 1HP
Received 8 Nov 202257 Dale Wood Road, Orpington, BR6 0BY
Received 21 Apr 20236 Eccleston Close, Orpington, BR6 8BD
Received 25 Jul 202310 Norlands Crescent, Chislehurst, BR7 5RN
Received 24 May 202347 Goddington Lane, Orpington, BR6 9DR
Received 11 Apr 2023150 - 164 Upper Elmers End Road, Beckenham, BR3 3DZ
Received 17 Jul 202326 Forest Ridge, Beckenham, BR3 3NH
Received 22 Sept 202340 Marden Avenue, Hayes, Bromley, BR2 7PX
Received 25 Apr 202376 Croydon Road, Beckenham, BR3 4DF
Received 1 Jun 202331 Shawfield Park, Bromley, BR1 2NQ
Received 26 Jun 202331 East Street, Bromley, BR1 1QQ
Received 29 Sept 202317 Thornton Road, Bromley, BR1 5AP
Received 28 Sept 2023Cudham Frith, Cudham Lane South, Cudham, Sevenoaks, TN14 7NZ
Received 12 Dec 202329 Bedford Road, Orpington, BR6 0QJ
Received 4 Mar 202477 Petts Wood Road, Petts Wood, Orpington, BR5 1JU
Received 1 Nov 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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