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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
13,456 approved · 3,717 refused · 479 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 5 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
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54 Steyning Grove, Mottingham, London, SE9 4NQ
Received 23 Jun 2022123 High Street, Penge, London, SE20 7DS
Received 26 Apr 2022Flat 1, Harley, Manor Park, Chislehurst, BR7 5QQ
Received 13 Apr 202260 Dittisham Road, Mottingham, London, SE9 4BH
Received 2 Aug 20238 Padua Road, Penge, London, SE20 8HF
Received 30 Aug 202253 Lakeside Drive, Bromley, BR2 8QQ
Received 24 May 202267 Murray Avenue, Bromley, BR1 3DJ
Received 27 Apr 20223 Braeside, Beckenham, BR3 1ST
Received 14 Feb 202349 Reddons Road, Beckenham, BR3 1LY
Received 14 Nov 202222 Monks Way, Orpington, BR5 1HN
Received 13 Feb 2023Wallings, Heathfield Lane, Chislehurst, BR7 6AH
Received 19 Oct 202231 Star Lane, Orpington, BR5 3LJ
Received 20 Oct 202234 Charterhouse Road, Orpington, BR6 9EL
Received 1 Mar 2023Willies Chicken Farm, Layhams Road, Keston, BR2 6AR
Received 30 Jan 202390 Cranmore Road, Chislehurst, BR7 6ET
Received 20 Sept 2022126 Spur Road, Orpington, BR6 0QW
Received 2 Mar 202332 Kenwood Drive, Beckenham, BR3 6QX
Received 18 Aug 202248 Beckenham Lane, Bromley, BR2 0DQ
Received 25 Apr 2023184 Elmstead Lane, Chislehurst, BR7 5EN
Received 1 Jun 202391 Queensway, West Wickham, BR4 9DT
Received 23 May 2023232 Hastings Road, Bromley, BR2 8QP
Received 22 May 2023137 - 139 High Street, Beckenham, BR3 1AG
Received 14 Feb 2025138 Amherst Drive, Orpington, BR5 2HJ
Received 19 Dec 20234 Brook Villas, Sevenoaks Way, Orpington, BR5 3JD
Received 7 Oct 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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