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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
16,121 approved · 4,320 refused · 571 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 16 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
21 Goddington Chase, Orpington, BR6 9EA
Received 30 Aug 2024Flat 2, Longleat Mews, 2 Star Lane, Orpington, BR5 3LJ
Received 6 Sept 2024Souvenir, Woodlands Road, Bickley, Bromley, BR1 2AE
Received 16 Apr 20251 Coniscliffe Close, Chislehurst, BR7 5NW
Received 8 Mar 202358 Copers Cope Road, Beckenham, BR3 1RJ
Received 5 Sept 202253 Cator Road, Sydenham, London, SE26 5DT
Received 20 Feb 202515 Colman House, High Street, Penge, London, SE20 7EX
Received 24 Sept 202118 Ravensbourne Avenue, Bromley, BR2 0BP
Received 7 Mar 202218 Ingleby Way, Chislehurst, BR7 6DD
Received 24 Aug 2022Land At, King William Iv Gardens, Penge, London
Received 11 Apr 2023119 Marlow Road, Penge, London, SE20 7XW
Received 4 Mar 2021Grasmere , Rushmore Hill, Orpington, BR6 7NQ
Received 5 Mar 202127 Melody Road, Biggin Hill, TN16 3PG
Received 7 Jun 202144 Lakeside Drive, Bromley, BR2 8QJ
Received 13 Sept 20222 Belmont Parade, Green Lane, Chislehurst, BR7 6AN
Received 25 Oct 20226 Warren Avenue, Orpington, BR6 6HX
Received 26 Sept 202362 Brookmead Avenue, Bickley, Bromley, BR1 2LA
Received 3 Sept 20241 Orchard Villas , Rushmore Hill, Orpington, BR6 7NB
Received 26 Feb 2021Field House, Downe Road, Keston, BR2 6AD
Received 14 Apr 202317 Cheyne Park Drive, West Wickham, BR4 9LQ
Received 30 Aug 202212 Sheridan Crescent, Chislehurst, BR7 5RZ
Received 30 Jun 202295 Rye Crescent, Orpington, BR5 4NH
Received 24 Mar 20214 Hollingworth Road, Petts Wood, Orpington, BR5 1AG
Received 30 Jun 2023Oakwood House, Chislehurst Road, Chislehurst, BR7 5LE
Received 25 Oct 2023Records 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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