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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
15,662 approved · 4,217 refused · 557 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 24 Dec 2020 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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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246 Chislehurst Road, Orpington, BR5 1NT
Received 17 May 2023421 Southborough Lane, Bromley, BR2 8BQ
Received 19 Oct 202343 Romany Rise, Orpington, BR5 1HG
Received 19 May 202514A Penge Lane, Penge, London, SE20 7DU
Received 10 Oct 2024Biggin Hill Airport Ltd, Churchill Way, Biggin Hill, TN16 3BN
Received 24 Sept 2021Unit 1, Springvale Retail Park, Sevenoaks Way, Orpington, BR5 3SG
Received 21 Apr 2021Kilmardinny, Sherborne Road, Orpington, BR5 1GX
Received 26 Jan 202250 Bromley Road, Beckenham, BR3 5NP
Received 30 Mar 202121 Chancery Lane, Beckenham, BR3 6NR
Received 29 Jul 202149 Birchwood Road, Petts Wood, Orpington, BR5 1NX
Received 8 Dec 20211 Mayfield Close, Penge, London, SE20 8EJ
Received 1 Nov 202333 Pleasance Road, Orpington, BR5 3AR
Received 16 Nov 2023137 Lovibonds Avenue, Orpington, BR6 8EN
Received 27 Nov 202432 Parish Lane, Penge, London, SE20 7LH
Received 15 Oct 202417 Keston Gardens, Keston, BR2 6BL
Received 24 Jan 202519 Whitecroft Way, Beckenham, BR3 3AQ
Received 22 Nov 202114 Park Road, Chislehurst, BR7 5AY
Received 4 May 2023Old Beccehamian Rugby Football Club, Sparrows Den Sports Ground, Corkscrew Hill, West Wickham, BR4 9BB
Received 13 Mar 202459 Lloyds Way, Beckenham, BR3 3QT
Received 23 Feb 2021Street Record, Access Road Adjacent To Bromley Police Station, Bromley
Received 6 Sept 202132 Kingswood Avenue, Shortlands, Bromley, BR2 0NY
Received 14 Jun 202211 Hartfield Road, West Wickham, BR4 9DA
Received 11 May 202331 Vinson Close, Orpington, BR6 0EQ
Received 14 Apr 202558 Woodlands Road, Orpington, Bromley, BR6 6EB
Received 21 May 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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