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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
16,016 approved · 4,296 refused · 567 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 24 Nov 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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23 Ferndown Avenue, Orpington, BR6 8DE
Received 26 Jul 2024Lothlorien, Cricket Ground Road, Chislehurst, BR7 5HD
Received 6 Oct 2023Tapiola, Beechcroft, Chislehurst, BR7 5DB
Received 28 Mar 20223 Palace Grove, Anerley, London, SE19 2XD
Received 8 Sept 202117 Drayton Avenue, Orpington, BR6 8JN
Received 7 Dec 2020117 Cloonmore Avenue, Orpington, BR6 9LN
Received 1 Mar 202118 Drayton Avenue, Orpington, BR6 8JW
Received 2 Mar 20211 Sundridge Avenue, Bromley, BR1 2PU
Received 25 Oct 202150 Altyre Way, Beckenham, BR3 3HA
Received 12 Jul 202255 Hayes Chase, West Wickham, BR4 0HX
Received 2 Feb 202357A Sutherland Avenue, Biggin Hill, TN16 3HG
Received 9 Aug 20237 Staddon Close, Beckenham, BR3 4BP
Received 10 Jul 202411 Redgate Drive, Hayes, Bromley, BR2 7BT
Received 24 Jan 202365 Blandford Road, Beckenham, BR3 4NE
Received 11 Sept 2023Whitethorns, 41 Park Avenue, Farnborough, Orpington, BR6 8LH
Received 22 Oct 202433 Widmore Lodge Road, Bickley, Bromley, BR1 2QE
Received 18 Jan 202110 Benenden Green, Bromley, BR2 9DJ
Received 16 Mar 202184 Queensway, West Wickham, BR4 9DY
Received 16 Jun 2021Ruxley Wood, Sandy Lane, Sidcup, DA14 5AH
Received 7 Sept 2022124 Clock House Road, Beckenham, BR3 4JX
Received 4 Mar 2024Paddock Land East Of Fishers Wood, Hayes Lane, Hayes, Bromley
Received 7 Oct 2024Biggin Hill Airport Ltd, Churchill Way, Biggin Hill, TN16 3BN
Received 2 Jun 2021Elmers End Road Tramstop Adjacent Birkbeck Station, Elmers End Road, Beckenham
Received 29 Mar 202213 Stanley Road, Orpington, BR6 0ET
Received 25 Aug 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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