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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.
12,479 approved · 3,524 refused · 445 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 28 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
10 Wood Ride, Petts Wood, Orpington, BR5 1PX
Received 29 Mar 2023April Cottage, 30 Park Avenue, Farnborough, Orpington, BR6 8LH
Received 29 Aug 2024Old Town Hall, 30 Tweedy Road, Bromley, BR1 3FE
Received 8 Aug 2022238A Southlands Road, Bromley, BR1 2EQ
Received 4 Feb 2025Denby , 14 Pines Road, Bickley, Bromley, BR1 2AA
Received 20 Oct 2021Hawthorne Hedges, Wood Way, Orpington, BR6 8LS
Received 22 Apr 20222 Timms Close, Bromley, BR1 2GZ
Received 5 Jun 2024West Wickham Library, Glebe Way, West Wickham, BR4 0SH
Received 21 Nov 2022Clifford House, 1 Calverley Close, Beckenham, BR3 1UH
Received 11 Sept 2023Coach House, 11A Sundridge Avenue, Bromley, BR1 2PU
Received 11 Oct 202310 Ernest Close, Beckenham, BR3 3JE
Received 26 Mar 2024Millers, 29 Forest Ridge, Keston, BR2 6EG
Received 17 May 20221 Palace Grove, Anerley, London, SE19 2XD
Received 22 Jan 202470 Charterhouse Road, Orpington, BR6 9EW
Received 11 Nov 2022Flat 1, Limes Court, Limes Road, Beckenham, BR3 6NS
Received 23 Dec 202230 Harwood Avenue, Bromley, BR1 3DU
Received 9 Apr 2025111 Elmers End Road, Beckenham, BR3 4SY
Received 22 May 20254 Lower Camden, Chislehurst, BR7 5HX
Received 5 Feb 202453 Crofton Lane, Orpington, BR5 1HJ
Received 30 Jul 2024Langley Wood, 2 Barnfield Wood Road, Beckenham, BR3 6SS
Received 6 Dec 2022Kemnal Park Cemetery, Sidcup By Pass Road, Chislehurst, BR7 6RR
Received 22 Apr 20222 Bromley Avenue, Bromley, BR1 4BQ
Received 17 May 202324 Willett Close, Petts Wood, Orpington, BR5 1QH
Received 11 Oct 202237 Lansdowne Avenue, Orpington, BR6 8JT
Received 1 Oct 2021Records 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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