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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
15,671 approved · 4,221 refused · 557 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 24 Dec 2020 to 26 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 28 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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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25 Grasmere Gardens, Orpington, BR6 8HE
Received 24 Jan 20256 Styles Way, Beckenham, BR3 3AJ
Received 11 Sept 2023River Ravensbourne, Glassmill Lane, Bromley
Received 14 Dec 2022Sandbanks, 13 Oakleigh Park Avenue, Chislehurst, BR7 5PB
Received 7 Jun 2021The Hurns, Southill Road, Chislehurst, BR7 5EE
Received 27 Sept 202411 Forest Ridge, Keston, BR2 6EG
Received 24 Oct 20242 The Approach, Orpington, BR6 0SH
Received 1 Dec 202171 Village Way, Beckenham, BR3 3NJ
Received 18 May 20227 Acacia Close, Petts Wood, Orpington, BR5 1LL
Received 7 Feb 202345D Hayes Way, Beckenham, BR3 6RJ
Received 18 May 20225 Woodhead Drive, Orpington, BR6 9RD
Received 7 Mar 202560 Bark Hart Road, Orpington, BR6 0QD
Received 15 Jan 20219 Meadow Close, Chislehurst, BR7 6JB
Received 15 Mar 202133 Wiverton Road, Sydenham, London, SE26 5JA
Received 11 Jul 202347 Bird In Hand Lane, Bickley, Bromley, BR1 2NA
Received 18 Feb 202516 Pines Road, Bickley, Bromley, BR1 2AA
Received 8 May 20255 Manor Way, Petts Wood, Orpington, BR5 1NN
Received 26 Apr 2023Servite House, 10 Denbridge Road, Bickley, Bromley, BR1 2AG
Received 7 Apr 202217 New Street Hill, Bromley, BR1 5AU
Received 19 Mar 202112 Petts Wood Road, Petts Wood, Orpington, BR5 1LB
Received 29 Jun 202112 Prickley Wood, Hayes, Bromley, BR2 7EU
Received 30 Jul 2021Sapphire House , Churchill Way, Biggin Hill, TN16 3BN
Received 7 Feb 202214 Hayes Court, 116 West Common Road, Hayes, Bromley, BR2 7EG
Received 15 Aug 2022119 Birch Tree Avenue, West Wickham, Bromley, BR4 9EQ
Received 19 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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