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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
15,155 approved · 4,098 refused · 534 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 17 Feb 2021 to 23 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 26 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
153 - 155 High Street, Penge, London, SE20 7DS
Received 3 Apr 20233 Woodside, Orpington, BR6 6JR
Received 11 Dec 2023Rosecroft Social Club, 269 High Street, St Mary Cray, Orpington, BR5 4AR
Received 8 Jan 2025Uplands , Mottingham Lane, Mottingham, London, SE9 4RW
Received 5 Jul 202166 Hazelmere Road, Petts Wood, Orpington, BR5 1PD
Received 9 Apr 2021125 Stanhope Grove, Beckenham, BR3 3HL
Received 20 Apr 2022Chelsfield Park Hospital, Bucks Cross Road, Orpington, BR6 7RG
Received 30 Aug 2022Borkwood Court, Sevenoaks Road, Orpington, BR6 9LA
Received 7 Sept 2022Denis Hill Unit, Bethlem Royal Hospital, Monks Orchard Road, Beckenham, BR3 3BX
Received 26 Jul 202331 Palace View, Bromley, BR1 3EJ
Received 29 Aug 202422 Oakfield Gardens, Beckenham, BR3 3AZ
Received 16 Dec 20241 Devonshire Road, Orpington, BR6 0HB
Received 14 Sept 2023Yew Tree Cottage, Crockenhill Road, Orpington, BR5 4ER
Received 17 Jun 202246 Ridgeway Drive, Bromley, BR1 5DQ
Received 9 Oct 202310 Cedar Crescent, Bromley, BR2 8PX
Received 13 Jul 202350C Chatterton Road, Bromley, BR2 9QE
Received 3 Oct 2023Station Buildings, Southend Road, Beckenham
Received 20 May 2024Hazels, Rookery Road, Downe, Orpington, BR6 7JQ
Received 29 May 202598 Wiverton Road, Sydenham, London, SE26 5HZ
Received 29 Oct 2024Clarendon House , Anerley Road, Penge, London, SE20 8BA
Received 28 May 2021Telephone Kiosk Outside 123, Croydon Road, Beckenham
Received 25 May 20215 Chatsworth Close, West Wickham, BR4 9QS
Received 1 Nov 2021114 Bromley Road, Beckenham, BR3 5NU
Received 4 Dec 202389 Shortlands Road, Shortlands, Bromley, BR2 0JL
Received 10 Jul 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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