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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.
12,977 approved · 3,627 refused · 458 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
99 Hayes Road, Bromley, BR2 9AE
Received 15 Dec 2021St Georges House , 2 Bromley Road, Beckenham, BR3 5JE
Received 14 Oct 2021Ozan Court, 173 High Street, Orpington, BR6 0LW
Received 16 Sept 20219 Westbury Road, Beckenham, BR3 4DD
Received 17 Sept 202115 Gilroy Way, Orpington, BR5 4JD
Received 4 Mar 202218 Kimmeridge Road, Mottingham, London, SE9 4LD
Received 18 Feb 202220 Elmers End Road, Penge, London, SE20 7SN
Received 20 Jan 202242 Churchfields Road, Beckenham, BR3 4QW
Received 18 Feb 2022118A Pickhurst Rise, West Wickham, BR4 0AW
Received 18 Mar 2022102 Farnaby Road, Bromley, BR1 4BH
Received 19 Jan 202228 Chamberlain Crescent, West Wickham, BR4 0LL
Received 10 Mar 202214 Strickland Way, Orpington, BR6 9UE
Received 23 Dec 202151 Nightingale Road, Petts Wood, Orpington, BR5 1BH
Received 31 Aug 202220 Forest Way, Orpington, BR5 2AQ
Received 23 Aug 2022132 Repton Road, Orpington, BR6 9HX
Received 25 Apr 202216 Penhale Close, Orpington, BR6 9XS
Received 10 Aug 20222 Hollydale Drive, Bromley, BR2 8QL
Received 1 Aug 202213 Matfield Close, Bromley, BR2 9DY
Received 28 Jun 202251 Highland Road, Bromley, BR1 4AA
Received 28 Jul 20224 Coniscliffe Close, Chislehurst, BR7 5NW
Received 16 Jun 2022124 High Street, Orpington, BR6 0JS
Received 12 Apr 202350 Ravensbury Road, Orpington, BR5 2NN
Received 4 May 2022135 Castleton Road, Mottingham, London, SE9 4DD
Received 9 Aug 2022Land At Junction With Crescent Drive And Lakeswood Road, Frankswood Avenue, Petts Wood, Orpington
Received 15 Feb 2023Records 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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