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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.
12,999 approved · 3,630 refused · 460 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 12 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Amenity Land To The East And West, Allington Road, Orpington
Received 7 Sept 2023409A Crofton Road, Orpington, BR6 8NL
Received 5 Jan 202425 Wood Lodge Lane, West Wickham, BR4 9LY
Received 16 Oct 20237 Daleside Close, Orpington, BR6 6ED
Received 13 Mar 202434 Sandford Road, Bromley, BR2 9AW
Received 25 Aug 2023116 Park Avenue, Orpington, BR6 9EE
Received 11 Dec 202361 Plaistow Grove, Bromley, BR1 3PB
Received 16 Jul 2024Frogpool Manor Farm, Perry Street, Chislehurst, BR7 6HA
Received 26 Mar 202411 Camden Park Road, Chislehurst, BR7 5HE
Received 13 Aug 202417 Pondfield Road, Orpington, BR6 8HJ
Received 30 Aug 2024The Gables, Farnborough Hill, Orpington, BR6 7EQ
Received 21 Mar 2024123 Southborough Lane, Bromley, BR2 8AP
Received 16 Jul 202421 Sherborne Road, Orpington, BR5 1RE
Received 31 Jul 2024165 - 167 High Street, Orpington, BR6 0LW
Received 26 Mar 2024Crown Wood, Gorse Road, Orpington
Received 17 May 2024Land Adjacent Little Thicket, Croydon Road, Keston
Received 9 Sept 202429 Balgowan Road, Beckenham, BR3 4HJ
Received 21 Aug 2024Land Rear Of 235 To 249, High Street, Orpington
Received 25 Mar 20248 Century Way, Beckenham, BR3 1BY
Received 12 Jun 202444 Bromley Common, Bromley, BR2 9PD
Received 3 Mar 202510 Linden Close, Orpington, BR6 6JJ
Received 1 Nov 202412 Spinney Way, Cudham, Sevenoaks, TN14 7QY
Received 9 Dec 202410 Sunningdale Road, Bickley, Bromley, BR1 2ET
Received 21 Jan 202523 Gwydyr Road, Bromley, BR2 0EX
Received 31 Dec 2024Records 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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