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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
15,873 approved · 4,268 refused · 563 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 7 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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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2 Chestnut Close, Orpington, BR6 6LP
Received 24 Oct 2022Barn Hawe, Church Hill, Orpington, BR6 0HE
Received 11 Jan 2022Crosshand, 38 Chislehurst Road, Bromley, BR1 2NW
Received 23 Nov 2022South Lodge, Kemnal Road, Chislehurst, BR7 6LY
Received 26 Mar 2024Little Orchard, Barnet Wood Road, Hayes, Bromley, BR2 8HJ
Received 30 Apr 202415 Oxenden Wood Road, Orpington, BR6 6HR
Received 23 Apr 2025Delphia, Denbridge Road, Bickley, Bromley, BR1 2AG
Received 15 Sept 20231 Barts Close, Beckenham, BR3 3LY
Received 21 Jul 2023Old Town Hall, 30 Tweedy Road, Bromley, BR1 3FE
Received 5 Jan 2024Edgebury Grazing Land, Slades Drive, Chislehurst
Received 15 Feb 20217 Hollybrake Close, Chislehurst, BR7 6NT
Received 13 Jan 202121 Clarendon Way, Chislehurst, BR7 6RE
Received 18 Jan 2022Wycoombe, Hockenden Lane, Swanley, BR8 7QH
Received 22 Jun 2022Chislehurst School For Girls, Beaverwood Road, Chislehurst, BR7 6HE
Received 12 Oct 2023Cranbrook Court, 50 Thesiger Road, Penge, London, SE20 7NW
Received 22 Jun 202214A Colesburg Road, Beckenham, BR3 4HP
Received 5 Jan 202218 Kemble Drive, Bromley, BR2 8PZ
Received 11 Feb 2022Court Lodge Farm , Warren Road, Orpington, BR6 6ER
Received 9 Sept 2022179 Burnt Ash Lane, Bromley, BR1 5DJ
Received 11 Apr 202348 Faringdon Avenue, Bromley, BR2 8BS
Received 16 Feb 202416 Cavendish Way, West Wickham, BR4 0LG
Received 26 Mar 202558 Great Thrift, Petts Wood, Orpington, BR5 1NG
Received 4 Oct 202413 Tile Farm Road, Orpington, BR6 9RY
Received 24 Jan 2025Flat 2, Lambourn House, 12 Holmbury Park, Bromley, BR1 2WB
Received 2 May 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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