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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
15,381 approved · 4,141 refused · 543 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 29 Jan 2021 to 26 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 27 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
74 Hillcrest Road, Orpington, BR6 9AL
Received 19 Jul 202249 Barnmead Road, Beckenham, BR3 1JF
Received 10 Oct 2022Harris Primary Academy Orpington, Dyke Drive, Orpington, BR5 4LZ
Received 24 Nov 202235 Edgebury, Chislehurst, BR7 6JL
Received 11 Oct 202398 Andover Road, Orpington, BR6 8BN
Received 3 Mar 20252 Ambrose Close, Orpington, BR6 9UD
Received 20 Mar 2025195 Elmers End Road, Beckenham, BR3 4EH
Received 7 Feb 202236 Chelsfield Road, Orpington, BR5 4DW
Received 8 May 202520 Starts Close, Orpington, BR6 8NU
Received 26 Jul 20233 Rowan Walk, Bromley, BR2 8QW
Received 21 Aug 202354 Greenways, Beckenham, BR3 3NQ
Received 22 Apr 20245 Durham Avenue, Shortlands, Bromley, BR2 0QA
Received 28 Nov 2024Flat 6, Chestnuts Royal, St Pauls Cray Road, Chislehurst
Received 5 Mar 202161 London Lane, Bromley, BR1 4HF
Received 8 Apr 202131 Scotts Lane, Shortlands, Bromley, BR2 0LL
Received 16 Nov 2021Flat 3, 130 - 132 Heathfield Road, Keston, BR2 6BF
Received 23 Jul 202189 Warren Road, Orpington, BR6 6JE
Received 1 Mar 2022125 Westmoreland Road, Bromley, BR2 0TY
Received 13 Apr 202178 Kedleston Drive, Orpington, BR5 2DS
Received 12 May 202136 Eastry Avenue, Hayes, Bromley, BR2 7PF
Received 30 Jun 202166 Ravensbourne Avenue, Bromley, BR2 0BP
Received 1 Dec 202117 Gload Crescent, Orpington, BR5 4PR
Received 23 Nov 2022170 Eden Park Avenue, Beckenham, BR3 3JQ
Received 30 Jun 2023Raybrook, Highfield Road, Biggin Hill, TN16 3UX
Received 3 Jul 2024Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
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Set up an area alertStart with the address or application reference. Open a record to read the proposal, dates and available documents, then check the official register for the latest plans and consultation details. If nothing appears, check coverage before treating the result as a complete planning history.
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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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