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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.
12,335 approved · 3,498 refused · 433 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 12 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
34 Keswick Road, West Wickham, BR4 9AT
Received 10 Jul 20246 Crays Parade, Main Road, St Pauls Cray, Orpington, BR5 3HG
Received 7 May 2024Unit 1, Kangley Business Centre, Kangley Bridge Road, Lower Sydenham, London, SE26 5AQ
Received 18 Sept 2024School House, Overbury Avenue, Beckenham
Received 28 Jun 202428 Manor Way, Petts Wood, Orpington, BR5 1NW
Received 15 Oct 20243 Forest Way, Orpington, BR5 2AG
Received 27 Mar 202540 Fairway, Petts Wood, Orpington, BR5 1EG
Received 24 Mar 202591 Hayes Wood Avenue, Hayes, Bromley, BR2 7BQ
Received 21 Oct 20242 Crown Road, Orpington, BR6 6JN
Received 16 Oct 202416 Clovelly Way, Orpington, BR6 0WD
Received 12 Feb 202527 Gload Crescent, Orpington, BR5 4PR
Received 29 Oct 2024115 Park Avenue, Orpington, BR6 9ED
Received 13 Dec 202438 Upper Elmers End Road, Beckenham, BR3 4AN
Received 24 Feb 202583 Merlin Grove, Beckenham, BR3 3HS
Received 14 Oct 202436 Chelsfield Road, Orpington, BR5 4DW
Received 31 Jan 2025Prospects House, 19 Elmfield Road, Bromley, BR1 1LT
Received 14 Apr 202274 Byne Road, Sydenham, London, SE26 5JD
Received 18 Mar 202584 Wickham Way, Beckenham, BR3 3AF
Received 14 Nov 2022The Hop & Rye, 54 London Road, Bromley, BR1 3QZ
Received 13 Apr 2022Farm Cottage, Fortune Bank Farm, Nash Lane, Keston, BR2 6AP
Received 16 Dec 202111 Bevington Road, Beckenham, BR3 5LD
Received 24 Sept 2023Land Adjacent To 170, Croydon Road, Keston
Received 20 Apr 2022London South East Colleges Bromley Campus, Rookery Lane, Bromley, BR2 8HE
Received 13 Jan 2023Marqueen House, 215 High Street, Beckenham, BR3 1BN
Received 22 May 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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