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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
16,168 approved · 4,326 refused · 571 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 11 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
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14 Borkwood Park, Orpington, BR6 9LD
Received 27 Mar 202567 Manor Way, Beckenham, BR3 3LN
Received 21 Dec 202074 Manor Way, Beckenham, BR3 3LR
Received 25 Mar 20222 Oakfield Road, Penge, London, SE20 8QT
Received 22 Apr 2025Church Of St Martins Of Tours, Church Road, Chelsfield, Orpington
Received 17 Oct 202419 Sandy Ridge, Chislehurst, BR7 5DP
Received 19 Oct 2021Sundridge Park Lawn Tennis & Squash Rackets Club, Lawn Close, Bromley, BR1 3NA
Received 4 Aug 2023Flat 59, Riverside Walk, The Alders, West Wickham, BR4 9PZ
Received 24 Oct 20227 Crossways Road, Beckenham, BR3 3JP
Received 14 Dec 202218 Holmbury Park, Bromley, BR1 2QS
Received 1 Jun 202261 Princes Avenue, Petts Wood, Orpington, BR5 1QR
Received 27 Feb 2022Former, 56 Bourne Way, Hayes, Bromley, BR2 7EY
Received 21 Dec 20231 Malvern Road, Orpington, BR6 9HA
Received 14 Sept 2022Wycoombe, Hockenden Lane, Swanley, BR8 7QH
Received 13 Jan 202314 Birchwood Road, Petts Wood, Orpington, BR5 1NY
Received 10 Apr 2025Eugenie Lodge, Manor Park, Chislehurst, BR7 5QE
Received 15 Feb 20229 Meadow Close, Chislehurst, BR7 6JB
Received 31 Mar 20211 Erin Close, Bromley, BR1 4NX
Received 5 Feb 202111 The Highway, Orpington, BR6 9DG
Received 25 Feb 202280 Queensway, West Wickham, BR4 9ER
Received 20 Jan 202363 Madeira Avenue, Bromley, BR1 4AR
Received 8 Apr 2021Shepheard's House, Manor Park Road, Chislehurst, BR7 5FT
Received 28 Feb 2022Wilberforce Scout Centre, Downe Road, Keston, BR2 6AD
Received 15 Apr 202417 South Street, Bromley, BR1 1RH
Received 24 Mar 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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