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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
17,945 approved · 4,731 refused · 648 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 28 May 2020 to 30 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 1 Nov 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Explore published planning boundaries and follow their source records for designation details. Coverage varies: an empty map does not mean there are no restrictions. Check the council’s current maps and documents before relying on a boundary.
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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.
39 GODWIN ROAD, BROMLEY, BR2 9LG
Received 17 Sept 202527 KINGSLEY ROAD, ORPINGTON, BR6 6AX
Received 17 Sept 202543 MOTTINGHAM ROAD, MOTTINGHAM, LONDON, SE9 4QZ
Received 17 Sept 202526 HAYES WOOD AVENUE, HAYES, BROMLEY, BR2 7BL
Received 17 Sept 20251 WOOD RIDE, PETTS WOOD, ORPINGTON, BR5 1PZ
Received 28 Aug 202526 HAYES WOOD AVENUE, HAYES, BROMLEY, BR2 7BL
Received 17 Sept 2025GREENCOURT, SUNNYDALE, ORPINGTON, BR6 8LY
Received 28 Aug 20259 ALEXANDRA COTTAGES, HARDINGS LANE, PENGE, LONDON, SE20 7JJ
Received 1 Sept 2025STREET RECORD, SUNNYDALE, ORPINGTON
Received 11 Aug 20259 WICKHAM WAY, BECKENHAM, BR3 3AA
Received 4 Sept 2025HEATH LODGE, 21A COMMONSIDE, KESTON, BR2 6BP
Received 4 Sept 202511 Windsor Drive, Chelsfield, Orpington BR6 6EY
Received 17 Sept 20256 GREENFIELD GARDENS, PETTS WOOD, ORPINGTON, BR5 1ES
Received 17 Sept 20251 THE GLEN, ORPINGTON, BR6 8LP
Received 17 Sept 2025GARDEN COTTAGE, CUDHAM ROAD, DOWNE, ORPINGTON, BR6 7LF
Received 18 Sept 2025LAND OPPOSITE 165 TO 193, ISABELLA DRIVE, ORPINGTON
Received 18 Sept 20252 ALBANY ROAD, CHISLEHURST, BR7 6BG
Received 18 Sept 202541 WHITEHALL ROAD, BROMLEY, BR2 9SG
Received 18 Sept 202562 LUBBOCK ROAD, CHISLEHURST, BR7 5JX
Received 18 Sept 2025134 LULLINGSTONE CRESCENT, ORPINGTON, BR5 3DX
Received 8 Sept 202522 MANOR WAY, BECKENHAM, BR3 3LJ
Received 29 Aug 202523 Park Farm Road, Bromley, BR1 2PE
Received 18 Sept 202512 ACORN CLOSE, CHISLEHURST, BR7 6LD
Received 25 Jul 202536 CHESHAM ROAD, PENGE, LONDON, SE20 7RJ
Received 18 Sept 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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