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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.
12,755 approved · 3,576 refused · 450 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 7 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
57B Venner Road, Sydenham, London, SE26 5HU
Received 18 Jul 2024153 Hayes Chase, West Wickham, BR4 0JD
Received 13 Jun 20242 Knowl Wood Lane, Orpington, BR6 8FA
Received 10 Jun 202424 Meadow Way, Orpington, BR6 8LW
Received 4 Dec 20249 Park End, Bromley, BR1 4AN
Received 5 Jun 202410 Sunnyfield Road, Chislehurst, BR7 6QP
Received 14 May 202421 Thornton Road, Bromley, BR1 5AP
Received 4 Apr 202550 Windermere Road, West Wickham, BR4 9AW
Received 19 Dec 202437 Old Hill, Chislehurst, BR7 5NB
Received 26 Feb 20257 Red Cedars Road, Orpington, BR6 0BX
Received 27 Nov 202423 Footbury Hill Road, Orpington, BR6 0HP
Received 21 Jan 2025Land Adjacent To 25 Breckonmead, Wanstead Road, Bromley
Received 12 Feb 202526 Meath Close, Orpington, BR5 2HF
Received 12 Feb 202524 Ashfield Lane, Chislehurst, BR7 6LQ
Received 3 Feb 202560 Sandhurst Road, Orpington, BR6 9HW
Received 21 Mar 202571 Shortlands Road, Shortlands, Bromley, BR2 0JJ
Received 12 May 20252 Salisbury Road, Bromley, BR2 9PU
Received 7 Apr 2025Arran, Heathley End, Chislehurst, BR7 6AB
Received 19 May 202521 Forest Ridge, Beckenham, BR3 3NH
Received 19 May 202569 Chaffinch Road, Beckenham, BR3 4LX
Received 28 Apr 202560 Camden Park Road, Chislehurst, BR7 5HF
Received 24 Jan 202322 Tower Road, Orpington, BR6 0SQ
Received 16 Nov 202369 Lubbock Road, Chislehurst, BR7 5JG
Received 1 Nov 202125 Mayfield Road, Bickley, Bromley, BR1 2HB
Received 22 Mar 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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