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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.
12,780 approved · 3,583 refused · 450 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
5 Hastings Road, Bromley, BR2 8NZ
Received 9 May 202290 Alexandra Crescent, Bromley, BR1 4EX
Received 5 Aug 2022211 Fair Acres, Bromley, BR2 9YG
Received 21 Sept 202281 Doveney Close, Orpington, BR5 3WE
Received 30 Jan 20239 Station Approach, Orpington, BR6 0ST
Received 7 Nov 202215 Camden Grove, Chislehurst, BR7 5BH
Received 6 Feb 202344 Stone Road, Bromley, BR2 9AU
Received 8 Mar 202363 Felstead Road, Orpington, BR6 9AD
Received 15 Feb 202379 Coniston Road, Bromley, BR1 4JA
Received 3 Aug 202326C Chislehurst Road, Orpington, BR6 0DG
Received 30 Mar 20232 D'arcy Place, Bromley, BR2 0RY
Received 14 Jun 202327 Lodge Close, Orpington, BR6 0QQ
Received 7 Jul 202336B Albemarle Road, Beckenham, BR3 5HN
Received 10 Jul 202344 Norlands Crescent, Chislehurst, BR7 5RN
Received 17 Mar 2023165 Venner Road, Sydenham, London, SE26 5HX
Received 22 May 202331 Downs Avenue, Chislehurst, BR7 6HQ
Received 6 Apr 202320 Eynsford Close, Petts Wood, Orpington, BR5 1DP
Received 24 Jul 202317 Queen Anne Avenue, Shortlands, Bromley, BR2 0SA
Received 26 Jun 2023237 Croydon Road, Beckenham, BR3 3PT
Received 17 May 2023155 Upper Elmers End Road, Beckenham, BR3 3QU
Received 6 Apr 202321 Nightingale Lane, Bromley, BR1 2SA
Received 30 May 2023The Plestor , St Nicolas Lane, Chislehurst, BR7 5LL
Received 7 Mar 20236 Pelham Road, Beckenham, BR3 4SG
Received 8 Nov 2023The Glebe, Oakley Road, Bromley, BR2 8HQ
Received 19 Oct 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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