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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.
12,467 approved · 3,521 refused · 444 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 29 Sept 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
2 New Street Hill, Bromley, BR1 5AU
Received 7 Oct 202215 Widmore Lodge Road, Bickley, Bromley, BR1 2QE
Received 28 Nov 202230 Parkside Avenue, Bickley, Bromley, BR1 2EJ
Received 20 Sept 202235 Lullingstone Crescent, Orpington, BR5 3EA
Received 18 Dec 2022Europa International, Oakfield Road Industrial Estate, Oakfield Road, Penge, London, SE20 8RA
Received 6 Feb 202348 Holmdale Road, Chislehurst, BR7 6BZ
Received 26 Apr 2023Tree Tops, Kirkstone Way, Bromley, BR1 4JH
Received 26 May 202355 Wickham Road, Beckenham, BR3 6QJ
Received 28 Jul 202354 Foxbury Road, Bromley, BR1 4DQ
Received 27 Feb 202351 Hayes Wood Avenue, Hayes, Bromley, BR2 7BG
Received 19 Jul 2023Fox Hollow, Rock Hill, Orpington, BR6 7PJ
Received 9 May 2023300 Upper Elmers End Road, Beckenham, BR3 3HF
Received 26 Jun 202355 Longdon Wood, Keston, BR2 6EN
Received 9 Jun 202362 Sparrow Drive, Orpington, BR5 1RZ
Received 19 Jan 2024Harvington Playing Field, South Eden Park Road, Beckenham
Received 22 Nov 202313 Oakley Road, Bromley, BR2 8HQ
Received 29 Sept 202374 High Street, Penge, London, SE20 7HB
Received 20 Sept 2023Bickley Manor Hotel, Thornet Wood Road, Bickley, Bromley, BR1 2LW
Received 7 Feb 20248 Onslow Crescent, Chislehurst, BR7 5RW
Received 23 Oct 202329 Hazelwood Road, Cudham, Sevenoaks, TN14 7QU
Received 13 Mar 202423 Oakleigh Gardens, Orpington, BR6 9PL
Received 17 Jun 202411 Ashfield Close, Beckenham, BR3 1SN
Received 12 Jul 2024153 Bourne Vale, Hayes, Bromley, BR2 7NY
Received 2 Aug 2024110 Village Way, Beckenham, BR3 3PA
Received 13 Sept 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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