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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.
13,016 approved · 3,635 refused · 461 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 11 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Former The Croft, Sevenoaks Way, Orpington, BR5 3JE
Received 4 Jun 20252 Powster Road, Bromley, BR1 5HF
Received 19 Apr 2023Street Record, Waratah Drive, Chislehurst
Received 17 Feb 20223 Homewood Crescent, Chislehurst, BR7 6PS
Received 10 Apr 2024107 Highland Road, Bromley, BR1 4AA
Received 2 Sept 2021Carlton Court, Beckenham Road, Beckenham, BR3 4PP
Received 16 May 2023Old Town Hall, 30 Tweedy Road, Bromley, BR1 3FE
Received 27 Nov 20242 Inglewood Copse, Bickley, Bromley, BR1 2BB
Received 21 Oct 2024Norlands Gate, Norlands Crescent, Chislehurst, BR7 5QY
Received 23 Dec 202496 Petts Wood Road, Petts Wood, Orpington, BR5 1LE
Received 6 Jul 2022Street Record, King William Iv Gardens, Penge, London
Received 16 Jan 2024Olives Mill, 25A Commonside, Keston, BR2 6BP
Received 24 Jun 2024Oak Cottage, Wood Way, Orpington, BR6 8LS
Received 12 Aug 202212 - 14 High Street, West Wickham, BR4 0NJ
Received 4 Aug 2022Middlemarch, Kemnal Road, Chislehurst, BR7 6LT
Received 11 Feb 2022343 Court Road, Orpington, BR6 9BZ
Received 29 Nov 202182 Murray Avenue, Bromley, BR1 3DL
Received 23 Sept 202133 Clock House Road, Beckenham, BR3 4JS
Received 25 Aug 20213 Westbourne Road, Sydenham, London, SE26 5NJ
Received 19 Aug 20216 Boleyn Gardens, West Wickham, BR4 9NQ
Received 21 Sept 20212A Birkbeck Road, Beckenham, BR3 4SN
Received 5 Jan 2022130A Lennard Road, Beckenham, BR3 1QP
Received 9 Nov 202115 Lakeside Drive, Bromley, BR2 8QQ
Received 7 Feb 2022Mickledore, Hayes Mead Road, Hayes, Bromley, BR2 7HR
Received 22 Mar 2022Records 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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