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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
13,770 approved · 3,783 refused · 489 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 4 Jun 2021 to 21 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 23 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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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86 Copers Cope Road, Beckenham, BR3 1RJ
Received 26 Apr 20246 Church Hill, Orpington, BR6 0HE
Received 13 Aug 202423 Cowper Road, Bromley, BR2 9RT
Received 1 May 2025192 Petts Wood Road, Petts Wood, Orpington, BR5 1LG
Received 12 Nov 2024117 Silver Lane, West Wickham, BR4 0RX
Received 31 Jan 202523 Footbury Hill Road, Orpington, BR6 0HP
Received 21 Jan 2025109 Towncourt Lane, Petts Wood, Orpington, BR5 1EL
Received 17 Mar 202514 Chesham Avenue, Petts Wood, Orpington, BR5 1AA
Received 20 Jan 2025J Sainsbury Plc, Pallant Way, Orpington, BR6 8NZ
Received 23 Sept 20246 Hillcrest Close, Beckenham, BR3 3HB
Received 31 Mar 2025West Witheridge, Prince Imperial Road, Chislehurst, BR7 5LX
Received 14 Jun 2021165 - 167 High Street, Orpington, BR6 0LW
Received 20 Feb 202411 Fernwood Close, Bromley, BR1 3EZ
Received 17 Jan 2024Footzie Social Club, Station Approach, Lower Sydenham, London, SE26 5BQ
Received 25 Feb 2022West Kent Golf Club, Milking Lane, Downe, Orpington, BR6 7LD
Received 24 Dec 202458 The Drive, Beckenham, BR3 1EQ
Received 21 May 202597 Sunningvale Avenue, Biggin Hill, TN16 3TS
Received 25 Jul 202416 Rodney Gardens, West Wickham, BR4 9DD
Received 27 Jul 2023Charnbrook, Hawthorne Road, Bickley, Bromley, BR1 2HN
Received 27 Feb 20255 Nursery Gardens, Chislehurst, BR7 5BW
Received 7 Feb 20224 Northfield Close, Bromley, BR1 2WZ
Received 8 Mar 20234 Berryfield Close, Bromley, BR1 2WF
Received 21 Nov 20247 Denbridge Road, Bickley, Bromley, BR1 2AG
Received 7 Feb 2022River Cray Service Station , 147 Sevenoaks Way, Orpington, BR5 3AQ
Received 15 Jun 2021Records 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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