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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
15,704 approved · 4,234 refused · 559 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 21 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Sources: Planning Data conservation areas and Article 4 direction areas. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Treetops, Mottingham Lane, Mottingham, London, SE9 4RX
Received 14 Dec 202345 Whippendell Way, Orpington, BR5 3BY
Received 24 Sept 202410 Meadow Way, Orpington, BR6 8LW
Received 22 Jan 202512 Newton Park Place, Chislehurst, BR7 5BF
Received 29 Mar 20226 Little Thrift, Petts Wood, Orpington, BR5 1NQ
Received 8 Aug 2023Westbury Court , 252 Croydon Road, Beckenham, BR3 4DA
Received 6 Sept 2024243 - 247 Beckenham Road, Beckenham, BR3 4RP
Received 4 Jul 2024Warrior House, 2 High Street, Green Street Green, Orpington, BR6 6BQ
Received 29 Apr 202554 Hazelmere Road, Petts Wood, Orpington, BR5 1PD
Received 18 Dec 2024218 Court Farm Road, Mottingham, London, SE9 4JZ
Received 9 Jul 202469 - 71 Church Road, Anerley, London, SE19 2TA
Received 27 Oct 202117 Durham Avenue, Shortlands, Bromley, BR2 0QE
Received 9 Aug 202217 Broadoaks Way, Bromley, BR2 0UA
Received 31 Mar 20218A Aperfield Road, Biggin Hill, TN16 3LU
Received 11 Jan 202251 Kechill Gardens, Hayes, Bromley, BR2 7NB
Received 15 Feb 202245 Oxenden Wood Road, Orpington, BR6 6HP
Received 6 Feb 202318 Penge Lane, Penge, London, SE20 7DU
Received 6 Jul 202362 Oregon Square, Orpington, BR6 8BG
Received 12 Mar 202436 Rochester Avenue, Bromley, BR1 3DW
Received 25 Nov 2024Prince George Duke Of Kent Court , Shepherds Green, Chislehurst, BR7 6PA
Received 9 Feb 202111 Styles Way, Beckenham, BR3 3AJ
Received 26 Jul 202366 Barnmead Road, Beckenham, BR3 1JE
Received 14 Oct 2024Farringleys, Westerham Road, Keston, BR2 6HB
Received 13 Sept 20232 Palace Grove, Anerley, London, SE19 2XD
Received 3 Feb 2025Records 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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