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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.
12,398 approved · 3,508 refused · 436 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 5 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
117F Anerley Road, Penge, London, SE20 8AJ
Received 14 Mar 2024Maple House, 157 - 159 Masons Hill, Bromley, BR2 9HY
Received 23 Aug 202430 Southborough Road, Bickley, Bromley, BR1 2EB
Received 23 Sept 202414 Pickhurst Mead, Hayes, Bromley, BR2 7QR
Received 18 Sept 202471 Belmont Lane, Chislehurst, BR7 6BL
Received 8 Apr 2024Old Town Hall, 30 Tweedy Road, Bromley, BR1 3FE
Received 5 Sept 2024Mead House, Heathfield Lane, Chislehurst, BR7 6AH
Received 27 Mar 202591 Copse Avenue, West Wickham, BR4 9NW
Received 24 Mar 202547 College Road, Bromley, BR1 3PU
Received 3 Mar 202545 Brantwood Way, Orpington, BR5 3WA
Received 17 Feb 202542 Elmstead Lane, Chislehurst, BR7 5EQ
Received 18 Mar 202544 Holmcroft Way, Bromley, BR2 8AD
Received 15 Apr 20254 Petts Wood Road, Petts Wood, Orpington, BR5 1LB
Received 24 Dec 2024236 Hastings Road, Bromley, BR2 8QP
Received 11 Nov 202423 Scads Hill Close, Orpington, BR6 0EB
Received 29 Nov 202413 Everard Avenue, Hayes, Bromley, BR2 7LR
Received 4 Oct 202468 Pope Road, Bromley, BR2 9QB
Received 27 Feb 20251 Squirrel Close, Orpington, BR6 8BF
Received 28 Mar 2024Livability Nash College, Croydon Road, Bromley, BR2 7AG
Received 5 Oct 2022National Grid Electricity Transmission Sea Link Project
Received 24 Oct 2023133 Baston Road, Hayes, Bromley, BR2 7BS
Received 11 Mar 2025Elm House, Manor Park Road, Chislehurst, BR7 5PY
Received 14 Feb 202440A Hayes Way, Beckenham, BR3 6RS
Received 1 Jun 202399 Arundel Drive, Orpington, BR6 9JQ
Received 30 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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