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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.
12,596 approved · 3,542 refused · 449 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 20 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
3 Dorset Road, Beckenham, BR3 4EA
Received 7 Sept 202222 Park Avenue, Orpington, BR6 9EH
Received 15 Jun 2022St John's Coptic Orthodox Church, 11 Dunbar Avenue, Beckenham, BR3 3RG
Received 11 Apr 20237 Bromley Gardens, Bromley, BR2 0ES
Received 26 Jun 202267 Murray Avenue, Bromley, BR1 3DJ
Received 9 Jun 202217 Broomwood Road, Orpington, BR5 2JH
Received 5 Jan 202315 Brickfield Farm Gardens, Orpington, BR6 7TE
Received 24 Oct 202230 High Broom Crescent, West Wickham, BR4 0RG
Received 8 Dec 202237 Avalon Road, Orpington, BR6 9AX
Received 9 Feb 202351 Furzehill Square, Orpington, BR5 3SN
Received 16 Jan 202382 Manor Way, Beckenham, BR3 3LR
Received 18 Nov 202229 Laburnum Way, Bromley, BR2 8BY
Received 10 Feb 2023Flat 5, Tallis House, Fair Acres, Bromley, BR2 9UN
Received 28 Dec 20222 Forde Avenue, Bromley, BR1 3EX
Received 23 Nov 202277 The Avenue, West Wickham, BR4 0EE
Received 28 Nov 2022The White House, School Road, Chislehurst, BR7 5PQ
Received 6 Mar 202335 Cherry Tree Walk, Beckenham, BR3 3PF
Received 20 Mar 202319 Oxenden Wood Road, Orpington, BR6 6HR
Received 1 Jun 202354 Stembridge Road, Penge, London, SE20 7UF
Received 27 Apr 202322 Chestnut Grove, Penge, London, SE20 8PS
Received 13 Apr 2023The Orchard, 1 Cricket Ground Road, Chislehurst, BR7 5HD
Received 21 Jul 202330 Harwood Avenue, Bromley, BR1 3DU
Received 9 Aug 2023GlaxoSmithKline, Langley Court, South Eden Park Road, Beckenham
Received 22 Nov 202323 Windsor Drive, Orpington, BR6 6EY
Received 8 Aug 2023Records 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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