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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.
12,805 approved · 3,586 refused · 450 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 3 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
123 Kings Road, Biggin Hill, TN16 3NH
Received 27 Jun 202238 Hilldown Road, Hayes, Bromley, BR2 7HX
Received 23 Sept 20215 Borkwood Way, Orpington, BR6 9PB
Received 25 Nov 2021112 Crofton Road, Orpington, BR6 8HZ
Received 29 Nov 2021150 Clock House Road, Beckenham, BR3 4LA
Received 18 Oct 20218 Sunningdale Road, Bickley, Bromley, BR1 2ET
Received 1 Sept 2022Fair Oak , Grays Road, Westerham, TN16 2HX
Received 19 Nov 2021105 Ridgeway Drive, Bromley, BR1 5DB
Received 20 Dec 202118 Cambray Road, Orpington, BR6 0EE
Received 1 Sept 202218 Ingleby Way, Chislehurst, BR7 6DD
Received 25 Feb 20221 Albany Road, Chislehurst, BR7 6BG
Received 22 Mar 2022104 High Street, Orpington, BR6 0JY
Received 14 Mar 2022138 Birkbeck Road, Beckenham, BR3 4SS
Received 16 Mar 2022143 St Paul's Wood Hill, Orpington, BR5 2SR
Received 7 Jan 202274 Leesons Hill, Orpington, BR5 2LE
Received 18 Feb 202273 Crofton Avenue, Orpington, BR6 8DY
Received 31 Oct 202239 Fox Lane, Keston, BR2 6AL
Received 17 May 2022243 Court Road, Orpington, BR6 9BY
Received 26 Aug 202225 Acacia Road, Beckenham, BR3 4HU
Received 25 Aug 202252 Darrick Wood Road, Orpington, BR6 8AW
Received 24 Jun 202216 Pound Court Drive, Orpington, BR6 8AJ
Received 6 Jul 20221 Cairndale Close, Bromley, BR1 4HH
Received 29 Apr 2022182 Village Way, Beckenham, BR3 3PJ
Received 27 Jun 202259 Hearns Road, Orpington, BR5 3NF
Received 19 Jan 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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