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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.
12,704 approved · 3,564 refused · 450 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 10 Sept 2021 to 19 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 20 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Scotts Park Primary School, Orchard Road, Bromley, BR1 2PR
Received 28 Jan 20255 Whitehall Road, Bromley, BR2 9SG
Received 11 Aug 2023Car Park, 1 Recreation Road, Bromley
Received 18 May 20235 Cookham Dene Close, Chislehurst, BR7 5QW
Received 19 Aug 2024By France, Leas Green, Chislehurst, BR7 6HD
Received 22 Nov 202428 Ashfield Lane, Chislehurst, BR7 6LQ
Received 25 Oct 20223 Beckenham Road, Beckenham, BR3 4ES
Received 19 Aug 202462 Broomhill Road, Orpington, BR6 0EW
Received 16 Jan 20233 Cardinal Close, Chislehurst, BR7 6SA
Received 12 Jun 20243 Braeside, Beckenham, BR3 1ST
Received 10 Oct 20231 Barfield Road, Bickley, Bromley, BR1 2HR
Received 19 Sept 2024Old Town Hall, 30 Tweedy Road, Bromley, BR1 3FE
Received 19 Dec 2024Flat 3, Walpole House, Manor Park, Chislehurst, BR7 5QG
Received 24 May 20222 Julian Road, Orpington, BR6 6HU
Received 8 Apr 20245 Kemerton Road, Beckenham, BR3 6NJ
Received 22 Sept 2022Timbers, Old Perry Street, Chislehurst, BR7 6PL
Received 2 Jan 202420 Yester Road, Chislehurst, BR7 5LT
Received 18 Sept 202339 Yester Road, Chislehurst, BR7 5HN
Received 15 Mar 2023First Second And Third Floors, 24 High Street, Beckenham, BR3 1AY
Received 17 Jul 20249 High Grove, Bromley, BR1 2WH
Received 22 Jan 2025Shaw Trust House, 19 Elmfield Road, Bromley, BR1 1LT
Received 17 Jan 202415 St James's Avenue, Beckenham, BR3 4HF
Received 26 Mar 202428 Bruce Grove, Orpington, BR6 0HF
Received 12 Apr 202311 Wood Drive, Chislehurst, BR7 5EU
Received 19 Feb 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.
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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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