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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.
12,984 approved · 3,629 refused · 459 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 13 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
40 Patterson Road, Anerley, London, SE19 2LD
Received 4 Oct 20221 Godwin Road, Bromley, BR2 9LG
Received 25 Jan 202392 High Street, Orpington, BR6 0JY
Received 29 Sept 202228 Birdham Close, Bickley, Bromley, BR1 2HF
Received 12 Jan 202313 Lancaster Close, Shortlands, Bromley, BR2 0QF
Received 27 Mar 202359 Hayes Way, Beckenham, BR3 6RR
Received 28 Dec 2022114 Gillmans Road, Orpington, BR5 4LD
Received 6 Mar 202328 Blenheim Road, Bickley, Bromley, BR1 2HA
Received 12 Jan 202430 Beaconsfield Road, Bickley, Bromley, BR1 2BP
Received 6 Oct 202214 St Timothys Mews, Bromley, BR1 3TJ
Received 16 May 2023Chatterton Works, Chantry Lane, Bromley, BR2 9QL
Received 25 May 202317 Carisbrooke Road, Bromley, BR2 9NJ
Received 10 Aug 202324 Mottingham Road, Mottingham, London, SE9 4QW
Received 31 May 2023The Warren, Croydon Road, Bromley, BR2 7AL
Received 23 Jan 2023Cerises, Mottingham Lane, Mottingham, London, SE9 4RX
Received 5 Jul 202346 Kynaston Road, Orpington, BR5 4JT
Received 26 May 2023Marqueen House, 215 High Street, Beckenham, BR3 1BN
Received 12 May 20239 Silverdale Road, Petts Wood, Orpington, BR5 1NH
Received 7 Aug 202310 Seward Road, Beckenham, BR3 4NY
Received 30 May 20237 Cedar Close, Bromley, BR2 8PR
Received 5 Dec 20248 Hanbury Drive, Biggin Hill, TN16 3EN
Received 15 Jun 2023Land Adjacent To 46, Silverdale Road, Petts Wood, Orpington
Received 9 Jan 202426 - 28 Hawes Lane, West Wickham, BR4 0DB
Received 2 Oct 202339 Cator Road, Sydenham, London, SE26 5DT
Received 21 Aug 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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