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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
14,563 approved · 3,979 refused · 511 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 2 Apr 2021 to 23 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 25 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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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8 Madeira Avenue, Bromley, BR1 4AY
Received 25 Jan 202315 Croxley Close, Orpington, BR5 3DD
Received 14 Feb 202344 High Street, Green Street Green, Orpington, BR6 6BJ
Received 10 Jan 2023201 Chislehurst Road, Orpington, BR5 1NP
Received 24 Oct 2022Biggin Hill Airport Ltd, Churchill Way, Biggin Hill, TN16 3BN
Received 14 Dec 2022Church Of The Annunciation, High Street, Chislehurst, BR7 5AQ
Received 11 Nov 2022St Margarets Cottage, Beckenham Place Park, Beckenham, BR3 5BT
Received 14 Oct 202221 Rafford Way, Bromley, BR1 3EN
Received 1 Mar 2023309 Beckenham Road, Beckenham, BR3 4RL
Received 10 Jan 20238 Spur Road, Orpington, BR6 0QL
Received 10 Oct 202289 Barnfield Road, Orpington, BR5 3LS
Received 24 Nov 202213 Phoenix Close, West Wickham, BR4 0TA
Received 27 Jan 202310 Clifford Avenue, Chislehurst, BR7 5DZ
Received 15 May 202391 Green Lane, Chislehurst, BR7 6AT
Received 19 Jul 2023515 - 519 Upper Elmers End Road, Beckenham, BR3 3DE
Received 30 Jun 2023Bull Cottage, 2 Bull Lane, Chislehurst, BR7 6NY
Received 27 Apr 20234 Wesley Close, Orpington, BR5 3HH
Received 23 Jun 20233 Henville Road, Bromley, BR1 3HX
Received 1 Feb 2023127 Beaumont Road, Petts Wood, Orpington, BR5 1JG
Received 29 Mar 202314 Offenham Road, Mottingham, London, SE9 4LY
Received 21 Jun 20237 Islehurst Close, Chislehurst, BR7 5QU
Received 19 Apr 202342 Forde Avenue, Bromley, BR1 3EX
Received 28 Sept 202312A Bromley Grove, Shortlands, Bromley, BR2 0LN
Received 7 Aug 2023101 Ravenscroft Road, Beckenham, BR3 4TP
Received 20 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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