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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.
12,513 approved · 3,528 refused · 446 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Contact details were found on council pages. Check the source for opening hours and which enquiries the service handles.
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.
95 Burnt Ash Lane, Bromley, BR1 5AA
Received 30 Mar 202334 Manor Road, West Wickham, BR4 9PS
Received 3 May 202331 Pine Avenue, West Wickham, BR4 0LN
Received 4 May 202398 High Street, Bromley, BR1 1EY
Received 4 Jul 20239 Lodge Close, Orpington, BR6 0QQ
Received 23 May 2023Harris Primary Academy Kent House, High Street, Penge, London, SE20 7QR
Received 1 Feb 20246 Stead Close, Chislehurst, BR7 6FB
Received 15 Feb 202438 Cameron Road, Bromley, BR2 9AZ
Received 8 Feb 202412 Malory Close, Beckenham, BR3 4JD
Received 9 Oct 202392 Eden Park Avenue, Beckenham, BR3 3HW
Received 19 Jan 2024152 Kent House Road, Beckenham, BR3 1JY
Received 1 Sept 20234 Glebe House Drive, Hayes, Bromley, BR2 7BN
Received 3 Oct 202345 Clovelly Way, Orpington, BR6 0WD
Received 15 Nov 202326C Chislehurst Road, Orpington, BR6 0DG
Received 30 Oct 20236 Austin Avenue, Bromley, BR2 8AJ
Received 18 Dec 202365 Whitmore Road, Beckenham, BR3 3NX
Received 6 Mar 202461 Thayers Farm Road, Beckenham, BR3 4LY
Received 25 Jan 202432 London Road, Bromley, BR1 3QR
Received 8 Sept 2023122 Anerley Park, Penge, London, SE20 8NU
Received 1 Sept 20235 Hill Brow, Bromley, BR1 2PG
Received 15 Mar 20245 Central Parade, High Street, Penge, London, SE20 7TN
Received 21 May 2024287 Southborough Lane, Bromley, BR2 8BG
Received 30 Apr 202458 Whitmore Road, Beckenham, BR3 3NS
Received 24 May 2024The Christian Bookshop, Sevenoaks Road, Pratts Bottom, Orpington, BR6 7SQ
Received 27 Jun 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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