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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
15,565 approved · 4,190 refused · 552 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 11 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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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2A Birkbeck Road, Beckenham, BR3 4SN
Received 4 Dec 202347 Station Approach, Hayes, Bromley, BR2 7EB
Received 28 Sept 202316 The Close, Petts Wood, Orpington, BR5 1JA
Received 16 Jul 202460 Hilda Vale Road, Orpington, BR6 7AW
Received 18 Mar 2024Paddock House, Paddock Way, Chislehurst, BR7 6PH
Received 5 Feb 2024266 High Street, Orpington, BR6 0NB
Received 6 Jan 2025124 Barnfield Wood Road, Beckenham, BR3 6SX
Received 5 Jul 202133 Ridgeway Drive, Bromley, BR1 5DG
Received 19 Apr 2021206 Clock House Road, Beckenham, BR3 4LB
Received 24 Mar 202214 Polesteeple Hill, Biggin Hill, TN16 3TF
Received 12 Jul 2021Pine Crest, Lubbock Road, Chislehurst, BR7 5JG
Received 19 Apr 2024404 Upper Elmers End Road, Beckenham, BR3 3HG
Received 31 Jul 2024Langley Wood, 2 Barnfield Wood Road, Beckenham, BR3 6SS
Received 13 Jul 2023Flat 4, Wyefield, 4 The Knoll, Beckenham, BR3 5JW
Received 2 Feb 20211 Sunningvale Close, Biggin Hill, TN16 3BS
Received 9 Jul 202163 Copers Cope Road, Beckenham, BR3 1NJ
Received 12 Jan 202124 Manor Road, Beckenham, BR3 5LE
Received 8 Jan 202575 Lennard Road, London, SE20 7LY
Received 20 Oct 202275 Lower Camden, Chislehurst, BR7 5JD
Received 24 Mar 2021Maybrey Business Park, Worsley Bridge Road, London, SE26 5AZ
Received 23 Sept 20219 Barham Close, Bromley, BR2 8LU
Received 10 Jul 202421 Poplar Avenue, Orpington, BR6 8LA
Received 13 Nov 20246 Grange Drive, Chislehurst, BR7 5ES
Received 6 Jul 202138 Wheathill Road, Penge, London, SE20 7XH
Received 1 May 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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