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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.
12,360 approved · 3,504 refused · 435 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 7 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
38 Oregon Square, Orpington, BR6 8BQ
Received 15 Feb 202249 Beck Lane, Beckenham, BR3 4RG
Received 13 Jan 202220 Derwent Drive, Petts Wood, Orpington, BR5 1EW
Received 12 May 2022104 Kynaston Road, Orpington, BR5 4JZ
Received 18 Mar 20223 Druids Way, Shortlands, Bromley, BR2 0NQ
Received 14 Mar 202240 Godwin Road, Bromley, BR2 9LQ
Received 14 Jul 2022Unit 2, Pilgrim House, Cray Avenue, Orpington, BR5 3PU
Received 9 Jun 2022Pandora, The Hillside, Orpington, BR6 7SD
Received 7 Jul 20227 Cheyne Park Drive, West Wickham, BR4 9LQ
Received 18 May 2022124 Andover Road, Orpington, BR6 8BL
Received 29 Jul 20224 Berens Way, Chislehurst, BR7 6RJ
Received 13 May 2022179 Burnt Ash Lane, Bromley, BR1 5DJ
Received 16 Jan 2023207 Court Farm Road, Mottingham, London, SE9 4LB
Received 17 Nov 20224 Fairway Gardens, Beckenham, BR3 6YL
Received 9 Dec 202222 Fairway, Petts Wood, Orpington, BR5 1EG
Received 2 Mar 202355 Slades Drive, Chislehurst, BR7 6JX
Received 20 Feb 202378 Main Road, Biggin Hill, TN16 3DT
Received 9 Nov 202212 Barnmead Road, Beckenham, BR3 1JE
Received 1 Feb 2023129 Homesdale Road, Bromley, BR2 9LE
Received 20 Feb 202320 Lakes Road, Keston, BR2 6BN
Received 26 Oct 20221 Penshurst Green, Bromley, BR2 9DG
Received 18 Oct 202214 Pleydell Avenue, Anerley, London, SE19 2LP
Received 14 Sept 202240 Manor Way, Petts Wood, Orpington, BR5 1NW
Received 21 Feb 202490 London Road, Bromley, BR1 3RL
Received 5 Jan 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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