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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12,873 approved · 3,595 refused · 451 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
294A High Street, Orpington, BR6 0NF
Received 2 Feb 2023Flat A, 5 Crystal Palace Park Road, Sydenham, London, SE26 6EG
Received 7 Dec 2022Penrhyn Stonehouse Road Halstead Sevenoaks Kent TN14 7HW, Sevenoaks District Council
Received 31 Jul 20236 Hawthorne Close, Bromley, BR1 2HJ
Received 18 Oct 20212 Lillys Farm Cottage, Warren Road, Orpington, BR6 6EP
Received 30 Mar 202284 Madeira Avenue, Bromley, BR1 4AS
Received 2 Nov 202228 Barfield Road, Bickley, Bromley, BR1 2HS
Received 26 Jun 202445 Woodland Way, Petts Wood, Orpington, BR5 1NB
Received 8 Nov 202258 Jackson Road, Bromley, BR2 8NS
Received 16 Jan 2025205 Poverest Road, Orpington, BR5 1RD
Received 3 May 2022Perry Street Lodge, Scadbury Park, Scadbury, Chislehurst, BR7 6LN
Received 15 Jul 2024Sanctuary Court, Croydon Road, Penge, London, SE20 7TE
Received 16 May 202478 Durban Road, Beckenham, BR3 4EZ
Received 28 Sept 20215 Moselle Road, Biggin Hill, TN16 3HS
Received 13 Sept 202180 Eden Way, Beckenham, BR3 3DH
Received 24 Sept 2021Halls Farm House , Milk Street, Bromley, BR1 5AG
Received 9 Nov 202145 Allenby Road, Biggin Hill, TN16 3LH
Received 5 Nov 2021113 Warren Road, Orpington, BR6 6JE
Received 24 Sept 202142 Walsingham Road, Orpington, BR5 3BW
Received 28 Sept 202126 Amherst Close, Orpington, BR5 2HH
Received 17 Nov 202124 Charterhouse Road, Orpington, BR6 9EL
Received 16 Dec 20215 Station Approach, Lower Sydenham, London, SE26 5FD
Received 5 Oct 202136 Orchard Road, Bromley, BR1 2PS
Received 6 Dec 202123 Darrick Wood Road, Orpington, BR6 8AN
Received 7 Jan 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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