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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
15,594 approved · 4,197 refused · 555 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 7 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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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The Stables, Manor Park, Chislehurst, BR7 5QD
Received 13 Jan 2021Lubbock House, 1 Northolme Rise, Orpington, BR6 9RF
Received 9 Feb 2021Elms Estate, Wellsmoor Gardens, Bickley, Bromley
Received 15 Feb 202151 Belmont Road, Beckenham, BR3 4HW
Received 26 Apr 202129 Merton Gardens, Petts Wood, Orpington, BR5 1DA
Received 1 Nov 202115 Heathfield Road, Keston, BR2 6BG
Received 8 Nov 202223 Bostall Road, Orpington, BR5 3DN
Received 27 Mar 2023Ruxley Manor Garden Centre, Maidstone Road, Sidcup, DA14 5BQ
Received 3 Oct 2023136 Beaconsfield Road, Mottingham, London, SE9 4DT
Received 18 Nov 2024The Coppings , Kingswood Road, Shortlands, Bromley, BR2 0HQ
Received 14 Apr 2021Conifer House, 44 Southend Road, Beckenham, BR3 1SL
Received 24 Dec 202143 Copers Cope Road, Beckenham, BR3 1NJ
Received 28 Jun 202350B Chatterton Road, Bromley, BR2 9QE
Received 16 Jan 2023105 Elmers End Road, Beckenham, BR3 4SY
Received 3 Feb 202526 Mornington Avenue, Bromley, BR1 2RF
Received 15 May 20254 Whitehall Road, Bromley, BR2 9SQ
Received 24 Feb 202125 Foxgrove Avenue, Beckenham, BR3 5BA
Received 25 Feb 202113 Park Avenue, Farnborough, Orpington, BR6 8LJ
Received 1 Mar 202256 Ravenswood Avenue, West Wickham, BR4 0PW
Received 26 Oct 2023Land Adjacent Anerley Town Hall Anerley Road, William Booth Road, Penge, London
Received 4 Oct 202147 Bird In Hand Lane, Bickley, Bromley, BR1 2NA
Received 11 Nov 202462 Brookmead Avenue, Bickley, Bromley, BR1 2LA
Received 12 Dec 20241 Onslow Crescent, Chislehurst, BR7 5RW
Received 19 Jul 202226 Corkscrew Hill, West Wickham, BR4 9BB
Received 28 Jun 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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