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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.
12,563 approved · 3,533 refused · 449 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 22 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
National Westminster Bank Sports Ground , Copers Cope Road, Beckenham, BR3 1NZ
Received 28 Sept 20211 Bishops Walk, Chislehurst, BR7 5PU
Received 2 May 20232 Turnberry Way, Orpington, BR6 8DR
Received 11 Feb 20251 Woodchurch Drive, Bromley, BR1 2TH
Received 27 Apr 2022Sterling Rose House, 35 Widmore Road, Bromley, BR1 1RW
Received 24 Mar 20255 Cookham Dene Close, Chislehurst, BR7 5QW
Received 19 Aug 202434 West Common Road, Hayes, Bromley, BR2 7BX
Received 15 Feb 20221 Queenborough Gardens, Chislehurst, BR7 6NP
Received 22 Jul 202240 Masons Hill, Bromley, BR2 9JG
Received 17 Sept 2024Old Town Hall, 30 Tweedy Road, Bromley, BR1 3FE
Received 5 Oct 202227 Holbrook Way, Bromley, BR2 8EF
Received 1 Feb 2023191 Rangefield Road, Bromley, BR1 4QX
Received 9 Nov 202235 The Drive, Beckenham, BR3 1EE
Received 2 Apr 202522 Sefton Road, Petts Wood, Orpington, BR5 1RQ
Received 10 Mar 202526 Stowe Road, Orpington, BR6 9HQ
Received 4 Mar 20251 Station Hill, Hayes, Bromley, BR2 7DJ
Received 29 Apr 2022Crofton Halls (South), York Rise, Orpington
Received 16 Aug 2022Alexandra Junior School, Cator Road, Sydenham, London, SE26 5DS
Received 2 Nov 2022Lake Cottage, Oakwood Close, Chislehurst, BR7 5DD
Received 28 Sept 2022Chasefield Lodge, 31 Mays Hill Road, Shortlands, Bromley, BR2 0HS
Received 28 Feb 202223 Wickham Way, Beckenham, BR3 3AA
Received 15 Mar 202219 Eastwell Close, Beckenham, BR3 1TY
Received 23 Mar 20228 Hassock Wood, Keston, BR2 6HX
Received 30 Jan 2023175 Crofton Lane, Orpington, BR6 0BP
Received 2 Jan 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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