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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
16,221 approved · 4,333 refused · 575 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 6 Nov 2020 to 27 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 29 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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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Flat 1, 2 Gladstone Road, Orpington, BR6 7EA
Received 24 Feb 2025487 Upper Elmers End Road, Beckenham, BR3 3DB
Received 5 May 2023Green Ridges , 3 The Meadow, Chislehurst, BR7 6AA
Received 24 Dec 2020Street Record, Wotton Green, Orpington
Received 13 Jun 2023The Stables, Manor Park, Chislehurst, BR7 5QD
Received 20 Jan 2025Church Of The Annunciation, High Street, Chislehurst, BR7 5AQ
Received 16 Apr 202526 Downs Hill, Beckenham, BR3 5HB
Received 14 Sept 202162 Barnmead Road, Beckenham, BR3 1JE
Received 1 Aug 20241 Daleside, Orpington, BR6 6EG
Received 15 Jan 202148 Upper Elmers End Road, Beckenham, BR3 4AN
Received 4 May 2023Sterling House, 7 Thornton Road, Bromley, BR1 5AP
Received 21 Aug 202338 Princes Avenue, Petts Wood, Orpington, BR5 1QS
Received 17 Jan 20246 Montbretia Close, Orpington, BR5 3TL
Received 2 May 2025Flat 2, Woodlands, 29 Durham Avenue, Shortlands, Bromley, BR2 0QE
Received 5 May 202326 Longdon Wood, Keston, BR2 6EW
Received 25 May 20215 Merewood Close, Bickley, Bromley, BR1 2AN
Received 15 Jun 202269 Bramerton Road, Beckenham, BR3 3NY
Received 25 Feb 202188 Southlands Road, Bromley, BR2 9QS
Received 7 Oct 2021Unit 1, Airport Industrial Estate, Wireless Road, Biggin Hill, TN16 3PS
Received 2 Feb 202257 Star Lane, Orpington, BR5 3LJ
Received 15 Sept 2022Gresham House, Bethlem Royal Hospital, Monks Orchard Road, Beckenham, BR3 3BX
Received 29 Nov 2022104 Newstead Avenue, Orpington, BR6 9RN
Received 12 Apr 2023Highfield, Cricket Ground Road, Chislehurst, BR7 5HD
Received 8 Mar 202423 Holbrook Lane, Chislehurst, BR7 6PE
Received 20 Feb 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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