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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.
12,974 approved · 3,625 refused · 458 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 16 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
8 Haywood Rise, Orpington, BR6 9LT
Received 3 Dec 20245 Chart Close, Bromley, BR2 0EB
Received 20 Feb 2025Fircroft, Oakwood Close, Chislehurst, BR7 5DD
Received 3 Feb 2025189A Farnaby Road, Bromley, BR2 0BA
Received 11 Nov 2024208 - 212 High Street, Orpington, BR6 0JN
Received 20 Mar 202592B Sutherland Avenue, Biggin Hill, TN16 3HG
Received 31 Jan 202520 Quernmore Road, Bromley, BR1 4EH
Received 23 Dec 202417 Thornsett Road, Penge, London, SE20 7XB
Received 1 Apr 202524 Hayes Way, Beckenham, BR3 6RL
Received 25 Aug 2023Michael John House, 14 Southend Road, Beckenham, BR3 1SD
Received 13 Mar 2023Magnolia, Cricket Ground Road, Chislehurst, BR7 5HD
Received 22 Nov 20216 Manor Place, Chislehurst, BR7 5QH
Received 16 Sept 202138 Woodclyffe Drive, Chislehurst, BR7 5NT
Received 21 Jan 2025By France, Leas Green, Chislehurst, BR7 6HD
Received 7 Jun 202467 Somerden Road, Orpington, BR5 4HT
Received 17 Sept 202113 Kings Hall Road, Beckenham, BR3 1LT
Received 19 Nov 2021332 Main Road, Biggin Hill, TN16 2HL
Received 24 Nov 20216 Stembridge Road, Penge, London, SE20 7UF
Received 26 Aug 2021161 Star Lane, Orpington, BR5 3LN
Received 14 Dec 2021132 Ravensbourne Avenue, Bromley, BR2 0AY
Received 14 Oct 2021First And Second Floors, Market House, 12 - 13 Market Square, Bromley, BR1 1NA
Received 20 Aug 202121 Broke Farm Drive, Orpington, BR6 7SH
Received 18 Nov 202132 Great Thrift, Petts Wood, Orpington, BR5 1NG
Received 14 Sept 202111 Warnford Road, Orpington, BR6 6LW
Received 20 Aug 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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