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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
15,630 approved · 4,208 refused · 556 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 4 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
3 Cockmannings Lane, Orpington, BR5 4HF
Received 16 Feb 20221 Warren Cottages, Warren Road, Orpington, BR6 6EP
Received 5 Jul 202331 Heathfield, Chislehurst, BR7 6AF
Received 12 Jan 2024Murco Petroleum Ltd, Chipperfield Road, Orpington, BR5 2QR
Received 13 Sept 20247 Rawlings Close, Orpington, BR6 6JW
Received 25 Sept 202495 Copse Avenue, West Wickham, BR4 9NW
Received 23 Jan 2023Tapiola, Beechcroft, Chislehurst, BR7 5DB
Received 21 Mar 202344 Wiltshire Road, Orpington, BR6 0EY
Received 3 Jun 2024Tall Trees, Priory Close, Chislehurst, BR7 5LB
Received 15 Nov 20235 Walmer Close, Orpington, BR6 7DX
Received 27 May 202219 Scotts Lane, Shortlands, Bromley, BR2 0LH
Received 9 Feb 2022Maybrey Business Park, Worsley Bridge Road, London, SE26 5AZ
Received 1 Apr 20258 Copley Dene, Bromley, BR1 2PW
Received 14 Feb 20242 Forde Avenue, Bromley, BR1 3EX
Received 28 Oct 20244 Foxhome Close, Chislehurst, BR7 5XT
Received 4 Oct 2023Ruxley Manor Garden Centre , Maidstone Road, Sidcup, DA14 5BQ
Received 23 Aug 2021225 - 231 High Street, Beckenham, BR3 1BN
Received 7 Feb 202227 Eden Park Avenue, Beckenham, BR3 3HJ
Received 12 Dec 202218 Florence Road, Bromley, BR1 3NU
Received 5 Oct 20238 The Close, Beckenham, BR3 4AP
Received 27 May 2022Court Lodge Farm , Warren Road, Orpington, BR6 6ER
Received 26 Oct 202138 The Mead, West Wickham, BR4 0BB
Received 1 Apr 2022High Timber, 56 Chislehurst Road, Chislehurst, BR7 5LD
Received 31 May 2022London South East Colleges Bromley Campus, Rookery Lane, Bromley, BR2 8HE
Received 8 Sept 2023Records 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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