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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
14,212 approved · 3,909 refused · 504 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 30 Apr 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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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1 Cheyne Close, Bromley, BR2 8QA
Received 26 Nov 2024The Elms And Land Adjacent, Mottingham Lane, Mottingham, London
Received 23 Dec 2024Land South Of The Manor, New Barn Lane, Cudham, Westerham
Received 16 May 2025285 Clock House Road, Beckenham, BR3 4LE
Received 27 May 202519 Julian Road, Orpington, BR6 6HT
Received 4 May 20211 Penshurst Green, Bromley, BR2 9DG
Received 16 Jan 2023Queens Head, 2 High Street, Chislehurst, BR7 5AN
Received 4 May 202216 Ember Close, Petts Wood, Orpington, BR5 1AP
Received 2 Jan 202411 Provincial Terrace , Green Lane, Penge, London, SE20 7JQ
Received 30 Apr 202113 Ainsdale Close, Orpington, BR6 8DJ
Received 17 Jun 2024Cranbrook Court, 50 Thesiger Road, Penge, London, SE20 7NW
Received 25 Apr 20221 Chapel Gate Place, Chislehurst, BR7 5FB
Received 2 Nov 2021Hill Cottage, Farnborough Hill, Orpington, BR6 7EE
Received 9 Oct 2023GlaxoSmithKline, Langley Court, South Eden Park Road, Beckenham
Received 7 Nov 20222 Norlands Gate, Norlands Crescent, Chislehurst, BR7 5QY
Received 19 Feb 202514 St Johns Rise, Berrys Green Road, Berrys Green, Westerham, TN16 3AT
Received 10 Aug 202315 Padstow Close, Orpington, BR6 9XL
Received 16 Jun 2023Bullers Wood School For Boys, Chislehurst Road, Bromley, BR1 2NW
Received 19 Feb 202475 Belvedere Road, Anerley, London, SE19 2HX
Received 28 May 202513 Sheridan Crescent, Chislehurst, BR7 5RZ
Received 2 Mar 2022Crown Hotel, School Road, Chislehurst, BR7 5PQ
Received 28 Oct 202416 Lower Camden, Chislehurst, BR7 5HX
Received 31 Jul 2023Five Oaks Stables, Layhams Road, Keston, BR2 6AR
Received 14 Aug 202445 Waring Drive, Orpington, BR6 6DN
Received 13 Feb 2025Records 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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