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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.
12,948 approved · 3,620 refused · 454 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 18 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
The Porcupine, 24 Mottingham Road, Mottingham, London, SE9 4QW
Received 17 Aug 202289 Barnfield Road, Orpington, BR5 3LS
Received 8 Feb 2023167A Widmore Road, Bromley, BR1 3AX
Received 5 Sept 202254 The Fairway, Bickley, Bromley, BR1 2JY
Received 20 Feb 202322 Birchwood Road, Petts Wood, Orpington, BR5 1NY
Received 10 Nov 202215 Cavendish Way, West Wickham, BR4 0LG
Received 28 Sept 2022Archies Stables, Cudham Lane North, Cudham, Sevenoaks, TN14 7QT
Received 12 Apr 202313 Gilroy Way, Orpington, BR5 4JD
Received 18 Apr 202316 Main Road, Biggin Hill, TN16 3EG
Received 11 Apr 2023150 - 156 High Street, Beckenham, BR3 1EA
Received 6 Jun 202370 Goddington Lane, Orpington, BR6 9DY
Received 10 Jul 2023Ruxley Manor Garden Centre, Maidstone Road, Sidcup, DA14 5BQ
Received 6 Jun 2023154 Spur Road, Orpington, BR6 0QW
Received 19 Jun 202332A Clarendon Way, Chislehurst, BR7 6RF
Received 9 Oct 2023Rear Of 116, High Street, Beckenham, BR3 1EB
Received 11 Dec 202388 Woodland Way, West Wickham, BR4 9LT
Received 3 Nov 202315 Bushey Avenue, Petts Wood, Orpington, BR5 1EP
Received 4 Mar 20241 Inglewood Copse, Bickley, Bromley, BR1 2BB
Received 22 Nov 202321 St Georges Road, Petts Wood, Orpington, BR5 1JB
Received 16 Oct 2023126 Kings Hall Road, Beckenham, BR3 1LN
Received 4 Sept 2023Unit 1, Helix Logistics Park, Edgington Way, Sidcup, DA14 5BN
Received 6 Feb 202450 Hearns Road, Orpington, BR5 3NG
Received 27 Nov 202335 Hurstdene Avenue, Hayes, Bromley, BR2 7JQ
Received 5 Mar 20246 Romany Rise, Orpington, BR5 1HQ
Received 9 Feb 2024Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
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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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