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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.
12,295 approved · 3,498 refused · 432 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 13 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
4 Knowle Road, Bromley, BR2 8NG
Received 28 Mar 20221A Farnborough Common, Orpington, BR6 7BN
Received 12 Apr 202213 Chequers Close, Orpington, BR5 2QP
Received 10 Aug 20225 Red Hill, Chislehurst, BR7 6DB
Received 26 May 2022Land Adjacent To 55 Starts Hill Avenue, Farnborough Way, Orpington
Received 19 Jul 202225 Wayside Grove, Mottingham, London, SE9 4ND
Received 22 Jul 202265 Whitmore Road, Beckenham, BR3 3NX
Received 13 Jun 202213 Aycliffe Close, Bickley, Bromley, BR1 2LX
Received 12 Jul 202262 Oregon Square, Orpington, BR6 8BG
Received 22 Aug 2022294A High Street, Orpington, BR6 0NF
Received 1 Aug 2022Kinellan , Tower Road, Orpington, BR6 0SQ
Received 25 Mar 2022265 Langley Way, West Wickham, BR4 0DW
Received 25 May 2022Beckenham Fire Station, 8 Beckenham Road, Beckenham, BR3 4LR
Received 23 Jan 2023Cobblecroft, Stonehouse Road, Orpington, TN14 7HW
Received 20 Feb 202320 Foxbury Road, Bromley, BR1 4DQ
Received 11 Jan 202322 South View, Bromley, BR1 3DP
Received 7 Dec 202223 Broadoaks Way, Bromley, BR2 0UA
Received 9 Jan 20235 Repton Road, Orpington, BR6 9HR
Received 19 Jan 202381 Doveney Close, Orpington, BR5 3WE
Received 30 Jan 20236 Hoblands End, Chislehurst, BR7 6HH
Received 10 Nov 202261 Barnfield Wood Road, Beckenham, BR3 6ST
Received 29 Nov 2022176 Eden Park Avenue, Beckenham, BR3 3JQ
Received 6 Mar 202317 Dartmouth Road, Hayes, Bromley, BR2 7NF
Received 19 May 202334 Overbury Avenue, Beckenham, BR3 6PY
Received 23 Jun 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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