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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15,523 approved · 4,178 refused · 549 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Explore published planning boundaries and follow their source records for designation details. Coverage varies: an empty map does not mean there are no restrictions. Check the council’s current maps and documents before relying on a boundary.
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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.
249 Elmers End Road, Beckenham, BR3 4EJ
Received 1 Mar 202272 Malmains Way, Beckenham, BR3 6SF
Received 26 Jul 202234 Heath Side, Petts Wood, Orpington, BR5 1EY
Received 11 Aug 2023New Wharfedale, Logs Hill Close, Chislehurst, BR7 5LP
Received 13 Jan 2022Telson Lodge, Kemnal Road, Chislehurst, BR7 6LY
Received 14 Jan 2021Kinnik Apartments, 63 - 65 Chislehurst Road, Chislehurst, BR7 5NP
Received 24 Sept 202114 Telscombe Close, Orpington, BR6 9RQ
Received 15 May 202429 Vancouver Close, Orpington, BR6 9XQ
Received 10 May 202435 Kenilworth Road, Penge, London, SE20 7QG
Received 24 Mar 202562 Godwin Road, Bromley, BR2 9LQ
Received 2 Jun 2025Maxwell House, Prince Imperial Road, Chislehurst, BR7 5LX
Received 6 Jun 20231st West Wickham Scouts Greystones, Ravenswood Crescent, West Wickham, BR4 0JJ
Received 18 Feb 20254 Cranford Mews, Bromley, BR2 8GA
Received 23 Dec 2024Bishop Justus C Of E School, Magpie Hall Lane, Bromley, BR2 8HZ
Received 1 Mar 2021135 Masons Hill, Bromley, BR2 9HT
Received 20 Apr 2021Lubbock House , 1 Northolme Rise, Orpington, BR6 9RF
Received 13 Oct 202157 Sutherland Avenue, Petts Wood, Orpington, BR5 1QY
Received 30 May 2022180 Hayes Lane, Hayes, Bromley, BR2 9EL
Received 15 Feb 202323 Nightingale Lane, Bromley, BR1 2SA
Received 18 May 202327 Challock Close, Biggin Hill, TN16 3XP
Received 18 Jan 2024Woodhill Farm, Norsted Lane, Orpington, BR6 7PQ
Received 12 Sept 202425 Crest View Drive, Petts Wood, Orpington, BR5 1BZ
Received 28 Jun 202144 Pickhurst Lane, Hayes, Bromley, BR2 7JF
Received 8 Oct 2021Land Between Jackass Lane And Ashmore Lane West Of, Blackness Lane, Keston
Received 17 Feb 2022Records 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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