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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
14,259 approved · 3,917 refused · 504 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 27 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Sources: Planning Data conservation areas and Article 4 direction areas. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
60 Repton Road, Orpington, BR6 9HU
Received 6 Aug 20211 Bassetts Close, Orpington, BR6 7AQ
Received 19 Oct 20219 Willow Close, Orpington, BR5 2AZ
Received 24 Nov 202168 Lockesley Drive, Orpington, BR5 2AF
Received 29 Oct 2021Majestic Wine Warehouse, Brooklands House, 5 Willow Grove, Chislehurst, BR7 5BN
Received 28 Sept 202195 Coniston Road, Bromley, BR1 4JA
Received 14 Sept 202380 Scotts Lane, Shortlands, Bromley, BR2 0LX
Received 2 Sept 20245 Viridian Mews, Orpington, BR6 0FA
Received 11 Sept 202312 Patterson Road, Anerley, London, SE19 2LD
Received 30 Apr 202118 Albyfield, Bickley, Bromley, BR1 2HZ
Received 10 May 202161 Lockesley Drive, Orpington, BR5 2AB
Received 13 May 202112 Piquet Road, Penge, London, SE20 7XZ
Received 22 Jun 2021206 Chislehurst Road, Orpington, Bromley, BR5 1NR
Received 21 May 20218 Crescent Road, Bromley, BR1 3PW
Received 25 May 20214 Wistaria Close, Orpington, BR6 8LE
Received 12 Jul 202119 Ferndale, Bromley, BR1 2RX
Received 5 Jul 2021Skautopp, 75A Sunningvale Avenue, Biggin Hill, TN16 3BZ
Received 5 Jul 202160 Beaconsfield Road, Mottingham, London, SE9 4DP
Received 28 Jun 202167 Dale Wood Road, Orpington, BR6 0BY
Received 28 Jun 202113A Edward Road, Bromley, BR1 3NG
Received 28 Jul 2021Unit 7, Nugent Shopping Park, Cray Avenue, Orpington, BR5 3RP
Received 12 Aug 202133 Kenwood Drive, Beckenham, BR3 6QX
Received 16 Sept 202166 Croydon Road, Penge, London, SE20 7AD
Received 28 Sept 202123 Sweeps Lane, Orpington, BR5 3PE
Received 13 Jul 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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