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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14,212 approved · 3,909 refused · 504 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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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Olleys Posh Wosh, 151 Sevenoaks Way, Orpington, BR5 3PW
Received 16 May 2023Shortlands Railway Station, Shortlands Road, Shortlands, Bromley, BR2 0JA
Received 22 Nov 202314 Crab Hill, Beckenham, BR3 5HE
Received 19 Oct 202277 Village Way, Beckenham, BR3 3NJ
Received 18 Dec 202433 Wickham Way, Beckenham, BR3 3AE
Received 9 Mar 2022Parkmore, Wilderness Road, Chislehurst, BR7 5HA
Received 29 May 2025Embassy Gardens, Blakeney Road, Beckenham, BR3 1HE
Received 29 Sept 20222 Kechill Gardens, Hayes, Bromley, BR2 7NQ
Received 10 Aug 202173 Lubbock Road, Chislehurst, BR7 5JG
Received 3 Jan 20243 Sedgewood Close, Hayes, Bromley, BR2 7QL
Received 7 Jun 20245 Rolinsden Way, Keston, BR2 6HY
Received 6 Oct 2023Former Broke Hill Golf Course Sevenoaks Road Halstead Sevenoaks Kent TN14 7HR, Sevenoaks District Council
Received 14 Jun 202114 Holbrook Lane, Chislehurst, BR7 6PF
Received 21 Dec 2021Street Record, Elmstead Lane, Chislehurst
Received 25 Oct 2024Cranford, Elm Walk, Orpington, BR6 8LX
Received 5 Sept 202214 The Fairway, Bickley, Bromley, BR1 2JY
Received 4 Apr 2024Flat 1, 41 Park Hill Road, Shortlands, Bromley, BR2 0LB
Received 28 Mar 2025St Michaels, Bickley Park Road, Bickley, Bromley, BR1 2BE
Received 18 Jul 20242 Kimberley Gate, 31 Oaklands Road, Bromley, BR1 3SJ
Received 20 May 20221 Knowl Wood Lane, Orpington, BR6 8FA
Received 11 Jan 2023128B College Road, Bromley, BR1 3PF
Received 23 Sept 2021GlaxoSmithKline, Langley Court, South Eden Park Road, Beckenham
Received 9 Sept 2024Olleys Posh Wosh, 151 Sevenoaks Way, Orpington, BR5 3PW
Received 29 Nov 202417 Bishops Avenue, Bromley, BR1 3ET
Received 12 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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