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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
15,523 approved · 4,178 refused · 549 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 15 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
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36 Elm Grove, Orpington, BR6 0AB
Received 4 Oct 202118 Oakwood Close, Chislehurst, BR7 5DD
Received 24 Feb 2023Bradfield, Leafy Grove, Keston, BR2 6AH
Received 27 May 202523 Kingswood Road, Shortlands, Bromley, BR2 0HG
Received 27 Jun 2023St Marys Church Hall, St Mary's Avenue, Shortlands, Bromley
Received 8 Aug 202395 Coniston Road, Bromley, BR1 4JA
Received 15 Jun 2023The Rookery, Rookery Drive, Chislehurst, BR7 5NJ
Received 15 Apr 202411 Silverdale Road, Petts Wood, Orpington, BR5 1NH
Received 19 Aug 20212 St Kilda Road, Orpington, BR6 0ES
Received 28 Jun 2022173 - 175 High Street, Orpington, BR6 0LW
Received 29 Nov 2021Chasefield Lodge, 31 Mays Hill Road, Shortlands, Bromley, BR2 0HS
Received 2 Sept 2022Biggin Hill Airport Ltd, Churchill Way, Biggin Hill, TN16 3BN
Received 23 Dec 202112 Bromley Lane, Chislehurst, BR7 6LE
Received 29 May 202523 Wood Ride, Petts Wood, Orpington, BR5 1PZ
Received 3 Oct 2023The Bickley, Chislehurst Road, Chislehurst, BR7 5NP
Received 28 Jun 2024Old Town Hall, 30 Tweedy Road, Bromley, BR1 3FE
Received 7 Sept 202234 Tudor Way, Petts Wood, Orpington, BR5 1LH
Received 30 Mar 2021179 Upper Elmers End Road, Beckenham, BR3 3QU
Received 11 Nov 202128 Sandiland Crescent, Hayes, Bromley, BR2 7DR
Received 20 May 2022445 Upper Elmers End Road, Beckenham, BR3 3DB
Received 30 Oct 2023Ivy Cottage, Old Perry Street, Chislehurst, BR7 6PL
Received 1 Dec 202329 Forest Drive, Keston, BR2 6EE
Received 23 May 20251 Bell Parade , Glebe Way, West Wickham, BR4 0RH
Received 30 Mar 2021120 Chelsfield Lane, Orpington, BR5 4PZ
Received 15 Dec 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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