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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
14,088 approved · 3,882 refused · 501 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 11 May 2021 to 22 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 24 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Land At Southern Junction Of Station Approach And, Elmstead Lane, Chislehurst
Received 1 Oct 2021Ground Floor Flat , 3 Mitchell Way, Bromley, BR1 3WF
Received 13 Oct 202127 Glanville Road, Bromley, BR2 9LN
Received 7 Dec 202146 Marden Avenue, Hayes, Bromley, BR2 7PX
Received 27 Aug 202116 Meadow Way, Orpington, BR6 8LW
Received 1 Nov 202110 Alexandra Road, Sydenham, London, SE26 5NL
Received 17 Jan 202213 Broadcroft Road, Petts Wood, Orpington, BR5 1ET
Received 18 Mar 2022168 Queensway, West Wickham, BR4 9DZ
Received 21 Feb 20222 Lawrence Road, West Wickham, BR4 9DB
Received 16 Mar 202268 Faringdon Avenue, Bromley, BR2 8BS
Received 1 Apr 2022109 Ridgeway Drive, Bromley, BR1 5DB
Received 6 Apr 202211 Bromley Crescent, Bromley, BR2 0HA
Received 21 Feb 20224 Beechwood Drive, Keston, BR2 6HN
Received 3 Jun 2024140 Court Road, Orpington, BR6 0PY
Received 31 Aug 2022The School House, 76 High Street, Green Street Green, Orpington, BR6 6BJ
Received 18 Jul 2022176 High Street, Penge, London, SE20 7QB
Received 28 Jun 202221 Blackbrook Lane, Bickley, Bromley, BR2 8AU
Received 29 Jun 202263 Kent Road, Orpington, BR5 4AB
Received 5 Sept 2022Holmbury, Keston Avenue, Keston, BR2 6BH
Received 4 Aug 2022108 Swievelands Road, Biggin Hill, TN16 3QX
Received 1 Aug 2022102 Grovelands Road, Orpington, BR5 3EE
Received 25 Jul 202251 St Leonards Rise, Orpington, BR6 9NA
Received 23 Jun 202256 Holbrook Way, Bromley, BR2 8EE
Received 1 Sept 202248 Upper Elmers End Road, Beckenham, BR3 4AN
Received 19 Sept 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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