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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
18,225 approved · 4,812 refused · 664 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 22 Apr 2020 to 30 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 2 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Land At Leisure Centre, Chapel Farm Road, Eltham, London, SE9 3LX
Received 6 Oct 202512 NEWING GREEN, BROMLEY, BR1 2TD
Received 7 Oct 20258 DOWNS VIEW CLOSE, ORPINGTON, BR6 7SU
Received 7 Oct 20255 NORSTED LANE, ORPINGTON, BR6 7PG
Received 7 Oct 202532 Homefield Rise, Orpington, BR6 0RU
Received 7 Oct 202541 HAYES WAY, BECKENHAM, BR3 6RJ
Received 7 Oct 202518 Homefield Rise, Orpington, BR6 0RU
Received 7 Oct 2025Land Fronting 1 To 12, Farnborough Common, Orpington
Received 7 Oct 2025Churchill Way verge, Main Road, TN16 3BN
Received 7 Oct 2025South Eden Park Road Verge, Adjacent to South Eden Park Road/Bucknall Road Roundabout, BR3 3AT
Received 7 Oct 2025LAND SOUTH SIDE OF SPUR ROAD JUNCTION WITH, COURT ROAD, ORPINGTON
Received 7 Oct 2025Land North Side Of Junction With Hewitts Roundabout Court Road Orpington
Received 7 Oct 2025LAND NORTH EAST OF ROUNDABOUT WITH RUSHMORE HILL, SEVENOAKS ROAD, PRATTS BOTTOM, ORPINGTON
Received 7 Oct 2025LAND AT JUNCTION WITH HEATHFIELD ROAD, WESTERHAM ROAD, KESTON
Received 7 Oct 202556 WHITEWEBBS WAY, ORPINGTON, BR5 2TJ
Received 7 Oct 20254 VINCENT SQUARE, BIGGIN HILL, WESTERHAM, TN16 3EL
Received 22 Sept 2025OAKLEIGH LODGE, SUMMER HILL, CHISLEHURST, BR7 5NY
Received 7 Oct 2025ST MARKS CHURCH OF ENGLAND PRIMARY SCHOOL, AYLESBURY ROAD, SHORTLANDS, BROMLEY, BR2 0QR
Received 7 Oct 2025168C Maple Road, London, SE20 8JB
Received 7 Oct 202528 Shortlands Grove, Shortlands, Bromley BR2 0LR
Received 7 Oct 202519 DENBRIDGE ROAD, BICKLEY, BROMLEY, BR1 2AG
Received 23 Sept 202560 KELSEY LANE, BECKENHAM, BR3 3NE
Received 8 Oct 202538 THE AVENUE, ST PAULS CRAY, ORPINGTON, BR5 3DJ
Received 8 Oct 202510 REPTON ROAD, ORPINGTON, BR6 9HS
Received 8 Oct 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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