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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.
12,873 approved · 3,595 refused · 451 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 27 Aug 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Land Outside 153-155, High Street, Orpington
Received 14 Mar 202559 Lynwood Grove, Orpington, BR6 0BQ
Received 22 Apr 2025151 Hayes Chase, West Wickham, BR4 0JD
Received 25 Feb 202512 Conifer Close, Orpington, BR6 9QD
Received 27 Feb 202566 Castlecombe Road, Mottingham, London, SE9 4AT
Received 4 Apr 2025103 Kent House Road, Beckenham, BR3 1JJ
Received 30 May 2025Forest Lodge, Grand View Avenue, Biggin Hill, TN16 3XB
Received 2 Feb 2024Burnt Ash Heights, Pike Close, Bromley, BR1 5BN
Received 15 Jul 202481 Wilberforce Court, Holwood Estate, Westerham Road, Keston, BR2 6HU
Received 5 Apr 2023Laurens, 6 Birch Mead, Orpington, BR6 8LT
Received 1 Feb 2022Land Adjacent Anerley Town Hall Anerley Road, William Booth Road, Penge, London
Received 21 Sept 2021Charlotte House, Oldfield Road, Bickley, Bromley, BR1 2LE
Received 27 Oct 2023Burnt Ash Heights, Pike Close, Bromley, BR1 5BN
Received 16 Mar 20237 Lime Grove, Orpington, BR6 8LF
Received 28 Feb 2022Southill Court, 107 Westmoreland Road, Bromley, BR2 0UY
Received 7 Feb 20235 Acorn Close, Chislehurst, BR7 6LD
Received 5 Aug 202221 Edward Road, Bromley, BR1 3NG
Received 14 Mar 202434 Bloomfield Road, Bromley, BR2 9RZ
Received 2 Jun 202519 Ullswater Close, Bromley, BR1 4JF
Received 29 Feb 202497 High Street, Bromley, BR1 1JQ
Received 24 Dec 2024Eltham College , Grove Park Road, Mottingham, London, SE9 4QF
Received 22 Sept 2021Conviron, Southill Road, Chislehurst, BR7 5EE
Received 31 Oct 2024Flat 2, Mountfield, 70 Camden Park Road, Chislehurst, BR7 5HF
Received 7 Aug 202439 Malmains Way, Beckenham, BR3 6SB
Received 27 Jan 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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