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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
15,727 approved · 4,239 refused · 560 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 18 Dec 2020 to 27 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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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Langstead Wood House, Westgate Road, Beckenham, BR3 5DE
Received 11 May 202514 Park Road, Chislehurst, BR7 5AY
Received 25 Jul 2024Telephone Kiosk Outside 162, High Street, Bromley
Received 25 May 2021127 Petersham Drive, Orpington, BR5 2QF
Received 9 Aug 202111 Hartfield Road, West Wickham, BR4 9DA
Received 22 Dec 202219 Stilwell Close, Orpington, BR5 3FA
Received 6 Jun 20231 Welbeck Avenue, Bromley, BR1 5DN
Received 8 Nov 202332 Elwill Way, Beckenham, BR3 3AD
Received 5 Jun 2024352 Crofton Road, Orpington, BR6 8NN
Received 21 Mar 2024Hawthorne Hedges , Wood Way, Orpington, BR6 8LS
Received 14 Dec 2021Chelsfield Park Hospital, Bucks Cross Road, Orpington, BR6 7RG
Received 16 Dec 2022Burnt Ash Heights, Pike Close, Bromley, BR1 5BN
Received 3 May 2023Orpington Hospital Bromley Hospitals NHS Trust, Sevenoaks Road, Orpington, BR6 9JU
Received 20 Oct 20221 Draven Close, Hayes, Bromley, BR2 7PN
Received 26 Jan 202435 Hayes Road, Bromley, BR2 9AF
Received 21 Dec 2023Global House, 10 Station Approach, Hayes, Bromley, BR2 7EH
Received 14 Jan 2025239 Crescent Drive, Petts Wood, Orpington, BR5 1AZ
Received 6 Apr 202126 Fairway, Petts Wood, Orpington, BR5 1EG
Received 9 Apr 2021The Lodge, Southend Road, Beckenham, BR3 1SE
Received 9 Mar 20224 Broadcroft Road, Petts Wood, Orpington, BR5 1EU
Received 8 Dec 202292 Bromley Common, Bromley, BR2 9PF
Received 18 Oct 2023163C Parish Lane, Penge, London, SE20 7JH
Received 15 Oct 202126 The Avenue, Bickley, Bromley, BR1 2BT
Received 13 May 2021145 Hillcrest Road, Orpington, BR6 9AG
Received 26 Apr 2022Records 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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