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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
PlanningTrack collects planning applications and decisions from the public planning register of London Borough of Bromley. Search an address, application reference or proposal. Official Bromley website
13,295 approved · 3,700 refused · 475 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 19 Jul 2021 to 20 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 22 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
34 Queens Road, Beckenham, BR3 4JW
Received 21 Sept 20239 Priory Avenue, Petts Wood, Orpington, BR5 1JE
Received 8 Jan 202492 Chestnut Avenue, West Wickham, BR4 9EX
Received 18 Sept 202340 Stambourne Way, West Wickham, BR4 9NF
Received 21 Nov 2023Farringtons School, Perry Street, Chislehurst, BR7 6LR
Received 24 Jan 202410A Homesdale Road, Petts Wood, Orpington, BR5 1JS
Received 29 Nov 2023Yellow Barn, Holwood Farm, New Road Hill, Keston, BR2 6AB
Received 29 Nov 20232 Tudor Place, Belvedere Road, Anerley, London, SE19 2HN
Received 19 Dec 202317 Chesterfield Close, Orpington, BR5 3PG
Received 21 Aug 2023176 - 178 Petts Wood Road, Petts Wood, Orpington, BR5 1LG
Received 2 Apr 2024High Timbers, Petleys Farm, Luxted Road, Downe, Orpington, BR6 7JS
Received 31 Jan 202534 Addison Road, Bromley, BR2 9RR
Received 12 Jul 202415 North Drive, Orpington, BR6 9PG
Received 31 Jul 202450 Ravenscroft Road, Beckenham, BR3 4TR
Received 15 May 202466 Cranmore Road, Chislehurst, BR7 6ET
Received 25 Apr 2025Downe Livery Stables, High Elms Road, Downe, Orpington, BR6 7JL
Received 21 Oct 2024Manorfields, Avalon Road, Orpington, BR6 9BE
Received 2 Apr 20251 Woodland Way, West Wickham, BR4 9LL
Received 31 Oct 20246 Holmwood Cottages, Rushmore Hill, Orpington, BR6 7NG
Received 31 Oct 202468 Pickhurst Park, Bromley, BR2 0TW
Received 7 Mar 2025Scout Hall Adjacent To, 41 Brow Crescent, Orpington, BR5 4LL
Received 29 Aug 202442 The Mead, Beckenham, BR3 5PF
Received 28 Mar 20257 Sundridge Avenue, Bromley, BR1 2PU
Received 28 Jan 202524 Broomfield Road, Beckenham, BR3 3QD
Received 17 Jan 2025Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
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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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