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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.
12,542 approved · 3,532 refused · 448 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 24 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
5 Spencer Close, Orpington, BR6 9QZ
Received 14 May 20245 Birchwood Avenue, Beckenham, BR3 3PY
Received 24 Jun 20247 Den Close, Beckenham, BR3 6RP
Received 27 Jan 202514 Hayne Road, Beckenham, BR3 4HY
Received 7 May 20241 Fieldway, Petts Wood, Orpington, BR5 1JP
Received 11 Apr 202460 Rye Crescent, Orpington, BR5 4NF
Received 11 Jul 202463 Amherst Drive, Orpington, BR5 2ES
Received 12 Mar 2025160 Farnaby Road, Bromley, BR2 0BB
Received 8 May 202516 North Road, Bromley, BR1 3LG
Received 3 Mar 202556 Oak Tree Gardens, Bromley, BR1 5BG
Received 17 Mar 2025114 Cudham Lane North, Cudham, Sevenoaks, TN14 7QS
Received 4 Nov 2024Harley Bank, Manor Park, Chislehurst, BR7 5QE
Received 7 May 2025Cherry Trees , Prince Imperial Road, Chislehurst, BR7 5LX
Received 26 Jan 2022Street Record, Station Approach, Chislehurst
Received 16 Jan 202583 Dale Wood Road, Orpington, BR6 0BY
Received 1 Aug 2023149 Anerley Road, Penge, London, SE20 8EF
Received 25 May 2022106 Village Way, Beckenham, BR3 3PA
Received 14 Feb 2022Prospects House, 19 Elmfield Road, Bromley, BR1 1LT
Received 27 Apr 2022St Raphaels Residential Home, 32 Orchard Road, Bromley, BR1 2PS
Received 11 Feb 2022St Peter And St Paul Church, Church Road, Bromley, BR2 0EG
Received 15 Mar 20221 Dorado Gardens, Orpington, BR6 7TD
Received 23 Nov 2022Olney, Sandy Lane, St Pauls Cray, Orpington, BR5 3HY
Received 15 May 202325 Cator Road, Sydenham, London, SE26 5DT
Received 7 Mar 2023Track Pavilion, Norman Park, Hayes Lane, Hayes, Bromley
Received 9 Dec 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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