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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.
12,769 approved · 3,583 refused · 450 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 6 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Contact details were found on council pages. Check the source for opening hours and which enquiries the service handles.
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.
3 Hayfield Road, Orpington, BR5 2DW
Received 8 Nov 2023The Registry, 34 Beckenham Road, Beckenham, BR3 4UA
Received 20 Jun 202227 Homesdale Road, Bromley, BR2 9LY
Received 28 Sept 202110 Matfield Close, Bromley, BR2 9DY
Received 16 Nov 20214 Ninhams Wood, Orpington, BR6 8NJ
Received 22 Oct 2021Woodland West Of, Beech Road, Biggin Hill
Received 30 Nov 20211 Westland Drive, Hayes, Bromley, BR2 7HE
Received 26 Nov 202187 Dale Wood Road, Orpington, BR6 0BY
Received 5 Dec 202442 Grasmere Gardens, Orpington, BR6 8HE
Received 1 Nov 202135 Commonside, Keston, BR2 6BS
Received 28 Sept 202163 Borkwood Way, Orpington, BR6 9PE
Received 11 Nov 202113 Priory Avenue, Petts Wood, Orpington, BR5 1JE
Received 25 Feb 202220 Sunnyfield Road, Chislehurst, BR7 6QP
Received 8 Mar 202239 Cloisters Avenue, Bickley, Bromley, BR2 8AN
Received 7 Jan 20228 Hillcrest Road, Bromley, BR1 4SB
Received 7 Feb 202214 Elm Grove, Orpington, BR6 0AB
Received 17 Jan 202217 Chesham Road, Penge, London, SE20 7RH
Received 8 Dec 20219 Rochester Avenue, Bromley, BR1 3DB
Received 27 Jan 202217 Eden Way, Beckenham, BR3 3DN
Received 19 Jan 20228 Ash Close, Petts Wood, Orpington, BR5 1LQ
Received 4 Apr 2022140 Petts Wood Road, Petts Wood, Orpington, BR5 1LF
Received 25 Mar 202260 The Grove, Biggin Hill, TN16 3TD
Received 26 Apr 2022146 Goodhart Way, West Wickham, BR4 0EZ
Received 17 Jun 202225 Sidney Road, Beckenham, BR3 4PX
Received 14 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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