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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.
12,321 approved · 3,498 refused · 433 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
Bishop Justus C Of E School, Magpie Hall Lane, Bromley, BR2 8HZ
Received 28 Feb 202326 Faringdon Avenue, Bromley, BR2 8BS
Received 3 May 202350 Wordsworth Road, Penge, London, SE20 7JG
Received 4 Apr 202330 Harwood Avenue, Bromley, BR1 3DU
Received 11 Nov 202421 Willersley Avenue, Orpington, BR6 9RT
Received 12 Jun 2023132 Marlow Road, Penge, London, SE20 7XG
Received 12 Jun 202374 Babbacombe Road, Bromley, BR1 3LW
Received 29 Aug 2023London South East Colleges Bromley Campus, Rookery Lane, Bromley, BR2 8HE
Received 1 Nov 20237 Cotswold Rise, Orpington, BR6 0WA
Received 24 Sept 2023169 High Street, Orpington, BR6 0LW
Received 7 Aug 202318 Greatwood, Chislehurst, BR7 5HU
Received 24 Oct 202320 Hawthorne Road, Bickley, Bromley, BR1 2HH
Received 12 Dec 202353 Sandiland Crescent, Hayes, Bromley, BR2 7DP
Received 18 Dec 2023Greenwood, Cudham Lane South, Cudham, Sevenoaks, TN14 7QE
Received 12 Sept 2023Land Between Birches And Torphin, Wilderness Road, Chislehurst
Received 29 Feb 2024242 High Street, Beckenham, BR3 1EN
Received 26 Jul 2024264 Beaconsfield Road, Mottingham, London, SE9 4ED
Received 27 Aug 202416B Avington Grove, Penge, London, SE20 8RY
Received 7 Mar 202411 Langley Road, Beckenham, BR3 4AE
Received 24 May 20244 Renwick Drive, Bromley, BR2 9GS
Received 2 Sept 202421 Edward Road, Biggin Hill, TN16 3HN
Received 10 Jun 20249 Oakleigh Park Avenue, Chislehurst, BR7 5PB
Received 29 Jul 2024131 Warren Road, Orpington, BR6 6JE
Received 9 May 2024Woodhayes, 76A The Avenue, Beckenham, BR3 5ES
Received 19 Jul 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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