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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
14,795 approved · 4,027 refused · 518 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 17 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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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227 Worlds End Lane, Orpington, BR6 6AT
Received 8 Apr 202423 Manor Way, Beckenham, BR3 3LH
Received 16 Nov 2023Cameron House, Highland Road, Bromley, BR1 4AG
Received 4 May 2021Phoenix Lodge , 14A Woodlands Road, Bickley, Bromley, BR1 2AP
Received 17 Aug 2023High Larches, Shire Lane, Farnborough, Orpington, BR6 7HH
Received 21 Mar 202233 Fairway, Petts Wood, Orpington, BR5 1EE
Received 20 Feb 202538 Braemar Gardens, West Wickham, BR4 0JW
Received 17 Feb 202334 Crescent Drive, Petts Wood, Orpington, BR5 1BD
Received 12 Jul 2023107 Copers Cope Road, Beckenham, BR3 1NY
Received 31 Aug 202394A Wickham Road, Beckenham, BR3 6QH
Received 15 Nov 20212 Crown Close, Orpington, BR6 6JP
Received 2 Jul 202114 Lakeswood Road, Petts Wood, Orpington, BR5 1BJ
Received 22 Mar 2021258 Southlands Road, Bromley, BR1 2EQ
Received 25 Jan 202229 Oaklands Avenue, West Wickham, BR4 9LF
Received 9 Sept 2022Shirley, Holwood Park Avenue, Orpington, BR6 8NG
Received 3 Nov 202287 Copers Cope Road, Beckenham, BR3 1NR
Received 13 Sept 202220 Foxfield Road, Orpington, BR6 8EF
Received 17 Jan 2023Chevening, Bickley Park Road, Bickley, Bromley, BR1 2AY
Received 12 Aug 2022Flat A, Belvedere Court, 30 Belvedere Road, Anerley, London, SE19 2HR
Received 6 Jan 20228 Longdon Wood, Keston, BR2 6EW
Received 30 Mar 20212 Longmead, Chislehurst, BR7 5RP
Received 3 Nov 2022Crystal Palace National Sports Centre, Ledrington Road, Anerley, London, SE19 2GA
Received 10 Mar 2025Mayfield, Farnborough Hill, Orpington, BR6 7ES
Received 10 Oct 2022Dorrington, Mead Road, Chislehurst, BR7 6AD
Received 26 Mar 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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