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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
14,193 approved · 3,905 refused · 503 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 3 May 2021 to 23 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
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270 Mottingham Road, Mottingham, London, SE9 4SZ
Received 10 Aug 2022Romney House, Luxted Road, Downe, Orpington, BR6 7JX
Received 22 Aug 20223 East Way, Hayes, Bromley, BR2 7NU
Received 16 May 202224 Ashley Gardens, Orpington, BR6 9NH
Received 1 Jun 202261 Friar Road, Orpington, BR5 2BW
Received 19 Apr 2022213 Kings Hall Road, Beckenham, BR3 1LL
Received 22 Jun 202253 High Street, St Mary Cray, Orpington, BR5 3NJ
Received 31 Jan 202392 Kynaston Road, Bromley, BR1 5AW
Received 23 Feb 2023The Lilacs, Luxted Road, Downe, Orpington, BR6 7JS
Received 3 Oct 20225 The Knoll, Hayes, Bromley, BR2 7DD
Received 16 Sept 202269 Beckenham Lane, Bromley, BR2 0DN
Received 23 Feb 202374 Hawthorn Drive, West Wickham, BR4 9EZ
Received 6 Feb 202319 Craven Road, Orpington, BR6 7RU
Received 16 Mar 202335 Great Thrift, Petts Wood, Orpington, BR5 1NE
Received 22 May 2023Ground Floor, 8 - 12 Bromley Road, Beckenham, BR3 5JE
Received 20 Mar 20231 Styles Way, Beckenham, BR3 3AJ
Received 11 Apr 202313 The Woodlands, Orpington, BR6 6HL
Received 2 Aug 202325 Clarendon Way, Chislehurst, BR7 6RE
Received 2 Aug 202325 Woodlea Drive, Bromley, BR2 0UG
Received 2 May 202327 Eden Way, Beckenham, BR3 3DN
Received 27 Jun 202310 Beechwood Drive, Keston, BR2 6HN
Received 31 Aug 202342 Westmoreland Road, Bromley, BR2 0QS
Received 6 Dec 202313 Warnford Road, Orpington, BR6 6LW
Received 17 Jan 202434 Barnmead Road, Beckenham, BR3 1JE
Received 31 Oct 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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