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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
14,287 approved · 3,923 refused · 504 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 26 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
20 Southey Street, Penge, London, SE20 7JD
Received 6 Dec 202211 Madeira Avenue, Bromley, BR1 4AP
Received 22 Sept 202226 - 28 Hawes Lane, West Wickham, BR4 0DB
Received 8 Feb 202316 Ashfield Lane, Chislehurst, BR7 6LQ
Received 30 Mar 202350 Palace Grove, Bromley, BR1 3HB
Received 6 Jul 202319 Woodland Way, Petts Wood, Orpington, BR5 1NB
Received 3 Aug 202315 Rose Dale, Orpington, BR6 8LD
Received 15 May 2023Land South Of Burrfield Drive, Waldens Road, Orpington
Received 10 Jul 202314 Camden Park Road, Chislehurst, BR7 5HG
Received 19 May 2023132 Village Way, Beckenham, BR3 3PH
Received 9 May 20237 Martins Close, Orpington, BR5 3LA
Received 23 Mar 20237 Ash Row, Bromley, BR2 8DZ
Received 24 Apr 2023111 Portland Road, Bromley, BR1 5AY
Received 24 Apr 20239 The Retreat, Orpington, BR6 6DX
Received 8 Sept 2023134 Worsley Bridge Road, Beckenham, BR3 1RP
Received 12 Dec 202333 Fairmead, Bickley, Bromley, BR1 2JT
Received 6 Nov 2023Bishops Well, Crown Lane, Chislehurst, BR7 5PL
Received 20 Feb 20241 Ebury Close, Keston, BR2 6EL
Received 22 Dec 2023Frankie & Benny's, Farnborough Way, Orpington, BR6 7DH
Received 4 Jun 2024Cerises, Mottingham Lane, Mottingham, London, SE9 4RX
Received 9 Jul 202415 Bushey Avenue, Petts Wood, Orpington, BR5 1EP
Received 17 Apr 2024Homefield, West Hill, Downe, Orpington, BR6 7JJ
Received 1 May 2024Car Park Adjacent 200, Petts Wood Road, Petts Wood, Orpington
Received 25 Mar 202436 Avenue Road, London, SE20 7RR
Received 23 May 2024Records 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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