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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
15,813 approved · 4,256 refused · 561 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 10 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
West Wickham And Shirley Baptist Church Wickham Road Croydon CR0 8EH, Croydon Council
Received 31 Jan 202435 Sandford Road, Bromley, BR2 9AL
Received 5 Mar 20251 Easterbrook Place, Hayes, Bromley, BR2 7FA
Received 16 May 202515 Rolvenden Gardens, Bromley, BR1 2TN
Received 9 Mar 20235 Ninhams Wood, Orpington, BR6 8NJ
Received 27 Oct 2023Chislehurst Common West Of, Ashfield Lane, Chislehurst
Received 18 Dec 202048 Barnmead Road, Beckenham, BR3 1JE
Received 1 Feb 2021100 Gravel Road, Bromley, BR2 8PN
Received 20 Aug 202187 Monks Orchard Road, Beckenham, BR3 3BJ
Received 16 Sept 202114 Forest Ridge, Keston, BR2 6EQ
Received 11 Jul 20226 Duncan Gate, London Road, Bromley, BR1 3SG
Received 15 Feb 20231 Daleside, Orpington, BR6 6EG
Received 20 Mar 20238 Kingswood Avenue, Shortlands, Bromley, BR2 0NY
Received 5 Oct 202361 Plaistow Grove, Bromley, BR1 3PB
Received 25 Apr 202413 Highfield Road, Bickley, Bromley, BR1 2JN
Received 29 May 202492 Mays Hill Road, Shortlands, Bromley, BR2 0HT
Received 19 Jan 2021Woodlands, Holwood Park Avenue, Orpington, BR6 8NQ
Received 30 Nov 2021The Park, Beckenham Place Park, Beckenham, BR3 5BS
Received 21 Nov 2022Land Between Hollyhead And Montem, Jail Lane, Biggin Hill
Received 18 Jan 202354 Hayes Road, Bromley, BR2 9AA
Received 23 Jun 2023Bishops Well, Crown Lane, Chislehurst, BR7 5PL
Received 13 Jun 2024Cottage Farm, Cackets Lane, Cudham, Sevenoaks, TN14 7QG
Received 31 Jan 202531 Heathfield, Chislehurst, BR7 6AF
Received 10 Oct 20241 Queens Road, Beckenham, BR3 4JN
Received 28 Feb 2024Records 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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