Understanding planning · 13 min read
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.
12,517 approved · 3,528 refused · 446 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Interactive planning map loads with JavaScript. Dataset sources are linked below.
Download Article 4 coverage for all authorities (CSV)
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.
28 Broomwood Road, Orpington, BR5 2JH
Received 21 Mar 20258 Bencurtis Park, West Wickham, BR4 9QG
Received 27 Mar 2025Skogly, Woodlands Road, Bickley, Bromley, BR1 2AP
Received 3 Mar 2025105 Hayes Way, Beckenham, BR3 6RR
Received 7 May 20257A Park Hill, Bickley, Bromley, BR1 2JH
Received 11 Jan 202311 Holbrook Lane, Chislehurst, BR7 6PE
Received 22 Apr 202425 Hayne Road, Beckenham, BR3 4JA
Received 20 Jan 202534 Norlands Crescent, Chislehurst, BR7 5RN
Received 20 Apr 2022Grange Cottage, St Pauls Cray Road, Chislehurst, BR7 6QA
Received 10 Feb 2025Allingham Court, 26 Durham Avenue, Shortlands, Bromley, BR2 0QB
Received 19 Apr 20232 St Mary's Avenue, Shortlands, Bromley, BR2 0PR
Received 15 Dec 2022Cherries, 12 Wilderness Road, Chislehurst, BR7 5EY
Received 24 May 20229 Oakhurst Close, Chislehurst, BR7 5LF
Received 28 Nov 202310 Bromley Common, Bromley, BR2 9PD
Received 29 Feb 2024Burnt Ash Heights, Pike Close, Bromley, BR1 5BN
Received 28 Nov 202432 Rodway Road, Bromley, BR1 3JL
Received 7 Mar 2024The Chalet, 16A Waldegrave Road, Bickley, Bromley, BR1 2JP
Received 23 Mar 2023Courtways, Holwood Park Avenue, Orpington, BR6 8NG
Received 5 Jun 202517 Prince Consort Drive, Chislehurst, BR7 5SB
Received 25 Apr 20235 Bromley Lane, Chislehurst, BR7 6LL
Received 4 May 2022Georgian House, Holwood Park Avenue, Orpington, BR6 8NQ
Received 19 Oct 2021Covers Quarry Westerham Kent, Kent County Council
Received 4 Apr 202420 Crescent Road, Beckenham, BR3 6NE
Received 7 Nov 202329 Aynscombe Angle, Orpington, BR6 0HJ
Received 20 Jan 2025Records 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.
How to search planning applications
Understanding planning · 13 min read
Understand planning application documents, officer reports and decision notices. Use a reading checklist, document table and worked example to inspect a case.

Understanding planning · 13 min read
Read planning drawings, floor plans, elevations and sections. Use labelled diagrams, a drawing comparison table and revision checks to understand a proposal.

Property research · 13 min read
Understand planning approval rates with an interactive calculator, worked examples and comparison table. Check sample sizes, outcomes and coverage before comparing.
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.
Check collection coverage