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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.
12,916 approved · 3,610 refused · 452 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 20 Aug 2021 to 20 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 21 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
2 Clare Cottages, Butchers Yard, High Street, Downe, Orpington, BR6 7US
Received 7 Aug 2023St Raphaels Residential Home, 32 Orchard Road, Bromley, BR1 2PS
Received 4 Oct 202234 Coney Hill Road, West Wickham, BR4 9BX
Received 29 Sept 202314 Tubbenden Lane, Orpington, BR6 9PN
Received 24 Jan 2022Oak Manor, 38 Wood Way, Orpington, BR6 8LS
Received 7 Feb 202535 High Street, Bromley, BR1 1LD
Received 11 Jul 2024Carlton Court, Maple Road, Penge, London, SE20 8EY
Received 2 Aug 2023141 Wickham Chase, West Wickham, BR4 0BQ
Received 13 Sept 202220 Branston Crescent, Petts Wood, Orpington, BR5 1HA
Received 19 Aug 2022Crown Wood, Gorse Road, Orpington
Received 18 Aug 2023Dorrington, Mead Road, Chislehurst, BR7 6AD
Received 18 Aug 2023Bristol Street Motors Ltd, Sevenoaks Road, Pratts Bottom, Orpington, BR6 7LP
Received 4 Jul 202432 Montana Gardens, Lower Sydenham, London, SE26 5BF
Received 16 May 202234 West Common Road, Hayes, Bromley, BR2 7BX
Received 15 Aug 2022Ross Court, Lubbock Road, Chislehurst, BR7 5JP
Received 3 Oct 2022Tanglewood, Yester Park, Chislehurst, BR7 5DG
Received 6 Jul 2023Flat A, 25 Hamlet Road, Anerley, London, SE19 2AP
Received 12 Jan 2024Chislehurst Library, Red Hill, Chislehurst, BR7 6DA
Received 11 Dec 2024Green Ridges, Beechcroft, Chislehurst, BR7 5DB
Received 30 May 20231 Broomwood Road, Orpington, BR5 2JH
Received 5 Oct 20212 Downsway, Orpington, BR6 9NU
Received 20 Sept 202116 Place Farm Avenue, Orpington, BR6 8DQ
Received 14 Sept 202157 Lusted Hall Lane, Biggin Hill, TN16 2NW
Received 20 Dec 2021Firtree Cottage , Buckhurst Road, Westerham, TN16 2HR
Received 7 Dec 2021Records 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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