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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
13,421 approved · 3,713 refused · 478 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 7 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Firbank Court, 53 Shortlands Road, Shortlands, Bromley, BR2 0JJ
Received 15 Dec 2022Prosperity House, 10 Sheridan Crescent, Chislehurst, BR7 5RZ
Received 26 Apr 2023Edgebury Grazing Land, Slades Drive, Chislehurst
Received 6 Sept 202196 Oakdene Road, Orpington, BR5 2AW
Received 20 Nov 202324 Elm Road, Beckenham, BR3 4JB
Received 5 Jun 20238 Fairway Close Croydon CR0 7SH, Croydon Council
Received 12 Jul 2022Murco Petroleum Ltd, Chipperfield Road, Orpington, BR5 2QR
Received 21 Oct 202487 Hayes Chase, West Wickham, BR4 0HX
Received 22 Feb 2022Old Town Hall, 30 Tweedy Road, Bromley, BR1 3FE
Received 17 Apr 2023Lilly's Farm, Chelsfield Lane, Orpington, BR6 6NN
Received 13 Jun 20236 Little Thrift, Petts Wood, Orpington, BR5 1NQ
Received 11 Apr 202557 Saxville Road, Orpington, BR5 3AN
Received 16 Dec 2024Burnhill House, 50 Burnhill Road, Beckenham, BR3 3LA
Received 4 Jul 202223A Hayne Road, Beckenham, BR3 4JA
Received 23 Jun 2023Langley Park Golf Club, Barnfield Wood Road, Beckenham, BR3 6SZ
Received 30 Sept 202254 Warwick Road, Penge, London, SE20 7YL
Received 8 Aug 2022Flat 1, Tahoma Lodge, 70 Lubbock Road, Chislehurst, BR7 5JX
Received 18 Jul 2024Apartment 2, Keswick House, 207A Anerley Road, Penge, London, SE20 8ER
Received 1 May 202522 Ferndown Avenue, Orpington, BR6 8DF
Received 12 May 2022Manor Cottage , Manor Park, Chislehurst, BR7 5QE
Received 10 Jan 20225 Grasmere Road, Bromley, BR1 4BA
Received 4 Dec 20233 Warren Gardens, Orpington, BR6 6JD
Received 26 May 2023Land Rear Of 17 And 17A Glebe Road, Aldermary Road, Bromley
Received 17 Sept 202424 The Covert, Petts Wood, Orpington, BR6 0BU
Received 27 Nov 2024Records 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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