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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
15,906 approved · 4,276 refused · 563 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 3 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
41 Pinewood Drive, Orpington, BR6 9NJ
Received 17 Apr 2024274 High Street, St Mary Cray, Orpington, BR5 4AX
Received 25 Sept 2023Minard Court, 160 Ravenscroft Road, Beckenham, BR3 4TW
Received 17 Feb 2021Walden Lodge, Yester Park, Chislehurst, BR7 5DQ
Received 29 Jun 202315 Prince Consort Drive, Chislehurst, BR7 5SB
Received 14 Mar 2025417 Crofton Road, Orpington, BR6 8NL
Received 9 Aug 202457 Farnborough Hill, Orpington, BR6 7EE
Received 18 Sept 202367 Balfour Road, Bromley, BR2 9SJ
Received 13 Sept 20212 Crowhurst Way, Orpington, BR5 4BW
Received 10 Mar 202223 Ethelbert Close, Bromley, BR1 1JB
Received 15 Jul 202214 Belmont Lane, Chislehurst, BR7 6BJ
Received 16 Aug 202149 Reddons Road, Beckenham, BR3 1LY
Received 8 Aug 202222 Queens Road, Chislehurst, BR7 5AZ
Received 9 Jun 202214 Devonshire Square, Bromley, BR2 9HX
Received 9 Jul 202169 Victoria Road, Bromley, BR2 9PL
Received 5 Jul 202124 Wheathill Road, Penge, London, SE20 7XH
Received 23 Mar 202236 Crofton Avenue, Orpington, BR6 8DZ
Received 15 May 2023Land Adjacent To 134, Petersham Drive, Orpington
Received 5 Mar 202428 Melbury Close, Chislehurst, BR7 5ET
Received 31 Mar 202514 Hassock Wood, Keston, BR2 6HX
Received 10 Mar 20258 Lubbock Road, Chislehurst, BR7 5JJ
Received 10 Jul 2023Stirling House , Stanley Avenue, Beckenham, BR3 6PX
Received 16 Apr 2021230 Eden Park Avenue, Beckenham, BR3 3JH
Received 20 Oct 202124 Crown Lane, Chislehurst, BR7 5PL
Received 21 May 2025Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
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Set up an area alertStart with the address or application reference. Open a record to read the proposal, dates and available documents, then check the official register for the latest plans and consultation details. If nothing appears, check coverage before treating the result as a complete planning history.
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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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