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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.
12,580 approved · 3,536 refused · 449 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 21 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
13 Lancaster Close, Shortlands, Bromley, BR2 0QF
Received 15 Nov 20234 Langham Park Place, Bromley, BR2 0UP
Received 6 Dec 202342 Nightingale Lane, Bromley, BR1 2SB
Received 2 Feb 202416 Shoreham Road, Orpington, BR5 2QZ
Received 5 Jan 202258 Malmains Way, Beckenham, BR3 6SB
Received 13 Dec 202161 Hearns Road, Orpington, BR5 3NF
Received 30 Nov 2021Holy Innocents RC Primary School, Mitchell Road, Orpington, BR6 9JT
Received 2 Dec 202145 Overhill Way, Beckenham, BR3 6SN
Received 21 Jul 202294 Crystal Palace Park Road, Sydenham, London, SE26 6UP
Received 18 Nov 202143 Windsor Drive, Orpington, BR6 6EY
Received 15 Nov 20212 Widmore Lodge Road, Bickley, Bromley, BR1 2QF
Received 6 Dec 202125 Princes Avenue, Petts Wood, Orpington, BR5 1QR
Received 25 Feb 2022283 Rangefield Road, Bromley, BR1 4QU
Received 8 Apr 202217 Homefield Rise, Orpington, BR6 0FE
Received 21 Dec 202130 Beckenham Road, West Wickham, BR4 0QT
Received 4 Mar 2022Downe Primary School , High Elms Road, Downe, Orpington, BR6 7JN
Received 7 Feb 202220 Devonshire Road, Mottingham, London, SE9 4QP
Received 11 Mar 2022196 Farnaby Road, Bromley, BR2 0BB
Received 19 Feb 202222 Chart Close, Bromley, BR2 0EB
Received 6 Apr 20228 Warnford Road, Orpington, BR6 6LW
Received 28 Feb 202226 Babbacombe Road, Bromley, BR1 3LW
Received 11 Jul 20227 St Laurence Close, Orpington, BR5 3LX
Received 22 Apr 202294 High Street, Beckenham, BR3 1ED
Received 20 Jul 202216 Poplar Avenue, Orpington, BR6 8LA
Received 25 Jul 2022Records 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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