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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
13,667 approved · 3,760 refused · 485 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 16 Jun 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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6 Ronfearn Avenue, Orpington, BR5 4BP
Received 23 May 202212 Nelson Close, Biggin Hill, TN16 3LS
Received 1 Aug 2022Chelsfield Cricket Club, Bucks Cross Road, Orpington, BR6 7RN
Received 6 Mar 2023253 - 255 High Street, Orpington, BR6 0NY
Received 13 Apr 20222 Beddington Green, Orpington, BR5 2TQ
Received 13 Jun 202221 Portland Road, Mottingham, London, SE9 4TR
Received 9 Aug 20222 Kingsway, Petts Wood, Orpington, BR5 1PR
Received 5 Sept 2022Osterley, Maidstone Road, Sidcup, DA14 5BD
Received 6 Dec 202262 Albert Road, Bromley, BR2 9PY
Received 8 Sept 202226 Hazelhurst, Beckenham, BR3 5TL
Received 9 Sept 2022192 Chislehurst Road, Orpington, BR5 1NR
Received 6 Jan 202314 Tubbenden Lane, Orpington, BR6 9PN
Received 26 Sept 2022138 Towncourt Lane, Petts Wood, Orpington, BR5 1EJ
Received 18 Oct 20229 Cherrycot Rise, Orpington, BR6 7DL
Received 15 Dec 202282 Walsingham Road, Orpington, BR5 3BN
Received 27 Oct 2022Gandria, Manor Park, Chislehurst, BR7 5QD
Received 29 Nov 20226 Commonside, Keston, BR2 6BP
Received 31 Oct 2022Luxted Farm, Luxted Road, Downe, Orpington, BR6 7JT
Received 23 Dec 20227A Kenilworth Road, Petts Wood, Orpington, BR5 1DY
Received 21 Nov 202210 Wistaria Close, Orpington, BR6 8LE
Received 31 Oct 2022Ambleside, Orpington Road, Chislehurst, BR7 6RA
Received 22 Feb 202318 Kemble Drive, Bromley, BR2 8PZ
Received 10 Mar 202342 Salisbury Road, Bromley, BR2 9PU
Received 31 Jul 202319 Broxbourne Road, Orpington, BR6 0AZ
Received 16 May 2023Records 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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