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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
14,647 approved · 3,996 refused · 514 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 26 Mar 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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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Glencairn, 39 Manor Road, Beckenham, BR3 5JB
Received 28 Nov 2022Edgebury Grazing Land, Slades Drive, Chislehurst
Received 11 Oct 2021West House, 46 High Street, Orpington, BR6 0FH
Received 15 Mar 2022St Francis Church, Greencourt Road, Petts Wood, Orpington
Received 2 May 2024Footzie Social Club, Station Approach, Lower Sydenham, London, SE26 5BQ
Received 10 Mar 202511A Lawrie Park Crescent, Sydenham, London, SE26 6HH
Received 10 Aug 202155 Broadoaks Way, Bromley, BR2 0UA
Received 29 Mar 202240A Hayes Way, Beckenham, BR3 6RS
Received 9 Sept 202111 Barnmead Road, Beckenham, BR3 1JF
Received 21 Jul 2022GlaxoSmithKline, Langley Court, South Eden Park Road, Beckenham
Received 17 May 202254 Station Road, Orpington, BR6 0SA
Received 11 Jan 2024Oaklands Court, 6 Oaklands Road, Bromley, BR1 3SW
Received 28 Nov 20225 The Chenies, Petts Wood, Orpington, BR6 0ED
Received 16 Dec 2021Apartment 1, Keswick House, 207A Anerley Road, Penge, London, SE20 8ER
Received 16 Jan 202518 Elmers End Road, Penge, London, SE20 7SN
Received 30 May 20222 Caverleigh Place, Bromley, BR1 3FG
Received 16 Apr 202521 Bonar Place, Chislehurst, BR7 5RJ
Received 17 Jul 2023126 Southborough Road, Bickley, Bromley, BR1 2ER
Received 5 Nov 202114 Woodlea Drive, Bromley, BR2 0UQ
Received 19 Aug 20211 Boulter Close, Bickley, Bromley, BR1 2FD
Received 5 Jun 202576 Crofton Road, Orpington, BR6 8HY
Received 28 May 20211 Orchard Villas, Rushmore Hill, Orpington, BR6 7NB
Received 23 Apr 2021Crown Hotel , School Road, Chislehurst, BR7 5PQ
Received 28 May 2021282 Pickhurst Rise, West Wickham, BR4 0AX
Received 1 Jun 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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