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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
18,800 approved · 4,931 refused · 693 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 14 Feb 2020 to 2 Nov 2026. Most recent record check: 3 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
167-169 HIGH STREET, PENGE, LONDON, SE20 7DS
Received 20 Jan 202610 ADELAIDE ROAD, CHISLEHURST, BR7 6BB
Received 20 Jan 202610 ADELAIDE ROAD, CHISLEHURST, BR7 6BB
Received 20 Jan 2026155 WHITE HORSE HILL, CHISLEHURST, BR7 6DH
Received 20 Jan 202648 NORLANDS CRESCENT, CHISLEHURST, BR7 5RN
Received 20 Jan 20265 POYNTELL CRESCENT, CHISLEHURST, BR7 6PJ
Received 20 Jan 2026The Spinney, Single Street, Berrys Green, Westerham, TN16 3AB
Received 20 Jan 202680 HIGH STREET, BECKENHAM, BR3 1ED
Received 20 Jan 20264 THE DRIVE, ORPINGTON, BR6 9AP
Received 20 Jan 2026FLAT 3, BASTON MANOR, BASTON MANOR ROAD, HAYES, BROMLEY, BR2 7AH
Received 20 Jan 202613 HOMEWOOD CRESCENT, CHISLEHURST, BR7 6PS
Received 20 Jan 20262 SHORNEFIELD CLOSE, BICKLEY, BROMLEY, BR1 2HX
Received 20 Jan 202683 GLENTRAMMON ROAD, ORPINGTON, BR6 6DG
Received 20 Jan 20265 KEITH PARK CRESCENT, BIGGIN HILL, WESTERHAM, TN16 3ER
Received 20 Jan 202611 TUDOR ROAD, ANERLEY, LONDON, SE19 2UH
Received 20 Jan 2026202 HASTINGS ROAD, BROMLEY, BR2 8QB
Received 20 Jan 2026LAND ADJACENT 1 CAMDEN CLOSE, WATTS LANE, CHISLEHURST
Received 20 Jan 202623 GILLMANS ROAD, ORPINGTON, BR5 4LA
Received 21 Jan 202619 OAKWOOD AVENUE, BECKENHAM, BR3 6PT
Received 21 Jan 20262 SUNRAY AVENUE, BROMLEY, BR2 8EW
Received 21 Jan 202613 THE WOODLANDS, ORPINGTON, BR6 6HL
Received 21 Jan 2026113 Lubbock Road, Chislehurst, BR7 5LA
Received 21 Jan 202687 STATION ROAD, WEST WICKHAM, BR4 0PX
Received 21 Jan 20269 HAYES LANE, HAYES, BROMLEY, BR2 9EA
Received 21 Jan 2026Records 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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