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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.
12,967 approved · 3,622 refused · 456 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 17 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
36 Hillview Road, Orpington, BR6 0SF
Received 5 Feb 2024101 Monks Orchard Road, Beckenham, BR3 3BJ
Received 28 Jun 2023The Mead, Hayes Mead Road, Hayes, Bromley, BR2 7HR
Received 8 Sept 20231 Mons Way, Bromley, BR2 8EX
Received 6 Dec 202341 Pinewood Drive, Orpington, BR6 9NJ
Received 11 Dec 2023West Wickham Leisure Centre, Station Road, West Wickham, BR4 0PY
Received 10 Jul 202419 Gleeson Drive, Orpington, BR6 9LJ
Received 6 Jun 202493 Hayes Lane, Beckenham, BR3 6RN
Received 27 May 20243 Hanover Drive, Chislehurst, BR7 6TA
Received 16 May 2024Car Park Rear Of 66 To 88, Croydon Road, West Wickham
Received 11 Mar 202483 Baston Road, Hayes, Bromley, BR2 7BS
Received 31 Jul 202441 Park Avenue, Orpington, BR6 9EQ
Received 17 Jul 2024120 Petts Wood Road, Petts Wood, Orpington, BR5 1LF
Received 22 Apr 202459 Wood Lodge Lane, West Wickham, BR4 9LY
Received 5 Jun 2024162 Kings Road, Biggin Hill, TN16 3NH
Received 19 Jun 2024241 Clock House Road, Beckenham, BR3 4LD
Received 31 Jul 2024High Beech, Westerham Road, Keston, BR2 6HH
Received 13 Sept 202411 Hackington Crescent, Beckenham, BR3 1RY
Received 17 May 2024The Glebe , Oakley Road, Bromley, BR2 8HQ
Received 1 Jul 202460 Kelsey Lane, Beckenham, BR3 3NE
Received 4 Dec 202492 Barnmead Road, Beckenham, BR3 1JD
Received 22 Jan 20258 Willow Vale, Chislehurst, BR7 5DF
Received 28 Mar 202514 Addington Road, West Wickham, BR4 9BS
Received 18 Nov 202415 Brookmead Avenue, Bickley, Bromley, BR1 2JX
Received 1 Apr 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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