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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
17,997 approved · 4,748 refused · 653 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 20 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
30 HAWTHORNE ROAD, BICKLEY, BROMLEY, BR1 2HH
Received 12 Aug 202513 COWPER ROAD, BROMLEY, BR2 9RT
Received 23 Sept 2025Land north of Elm Walk (north of junction with Fir Dene), Farnborough Park, Locksbottom, Orpington, BR6 8LX
Received 23 Sept 2025RYEACRE, CHURCH ROAD, CHELSFIELD, ORPINGTON, BR6 7SN
Received 23 Sept 202572-74 HIGH STREET, BECKENHAM, BR3 1ED
Received 23 Sept 202554 MALMAINS WAY, BECKENHAM, BR3 6SB
Received 14 Aug 202565 High Street, Chislehurst, BR7 5AG
Received 23 Sept 202571 ALTYRE WAY, BECKENHAM, BR3 3ED
Received 23 Sept 202535 HODSON CRESCENT, ORPINGTON, BR5 4BS
Received 24 Sept 202510 CLIFFORD AVENUE, CHISLEHURST, BR7 5DZ
Received 24 Sept 2025Carmel, Chelsfield Lane, Orpington, BR6 7RS
Received 24 Sept 20253 Kenley Close, Chislehurst, BR7 6QT
Received 24 Sept 202527 OAKLANDS CLOSE, PETTS WOOD, ORPINGTON, BR5 1QQ
Received 18 Aug 2025BROCKENHURST, SHEEPCOTE LANE, ORPINGTON, BR5 4ET
Received 18 Aug 202522 KINGSWOOD ROAD, SHORTLANDS, BROMLEY, BR2 0NJ
Received 24 Sept 2025FORGECROFT, LUXTED ROAD, DOWNE, ORPINGTON, BR6 7JR
Received 24 Sept 2025WEDGWOOD, BERRYS GREEN ROAD, BERRYS GREEN, WESTERHAM, TN16 3AJ
Received 24 Sept 2025CRYSTAL PALACE NATIONAL SPORTS CENTRE, LEDRINGTON ROAD, ANERLEY, LONDON, SE19 2GA
Received 22 Sept 2025WEST WICKHAM LIBRARY, GLEBE WAY, WEST WICKHAM, BR4 0SH
Received 23 Sept 202522 SWEEPS LANE, ORPINGTON, BR5 3PE
Received 24 Sept 2025239 CROYDON ROAD, BECKENHAM, BR3 3PS
Received 24 Sept 2025Street Record The Glebe Chislehurst
Received 24 Sept 2025DRYLAND AVENUE, ORPINGTON
Received 24 Sept 2025153 HAYES CHASE, WEST WICKHAM, BR4 0JD
Received 24 Sept 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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