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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
18,957 approved · 4,971 refused · 699 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 29 Jan 2020 to 2 Nov 2026. Most recent record check: 4 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
18 CATOR ROAD, SYDENHAM, LONDON, SE26 5DS
Received 17 Feb 202674 GODDINGTON LANE, ORPINGTON, BR6 9DY
Received 17 Feb 20267 INGLEBY WAY, CHISLEHURST, BR7 6DD
Received 17 Feb 202615 SYLVESTER AVENUE, CHISLEHURST, BR7 5ED
Received 17 Feb 2026189A FARNABY ROAD, BROMLEY, BR2 0BA
Received 17 Feb 202616 BROMLEY ROAD, BECKENHAM, BR3 5JE
Received 18 Feb 2026120 CUDHAM LANE NORTH, CUDHAM, SEVENOAKS, TN14 7QS
Received 18 Feb 202638 Homemead Road, Bickley, Bromley, BR2 8BA
Received 18 Feb 2026JUBILEE COTTAGE, CUDHAM LANE SOUTH, CUDHAM, SEVENOAKS, TN14 7PA
Received 18 Feb 202638 Homemead Road, Bickley, Bromley, BR2 8BA
Received 18 Feb 202630 WINNIPEG DRIVE, ORPINGTON, BR6 6NW
Received 13 Feb 20267B CRYSTAL PALACE PARK ROAD, SYDENHAM, LONDON, SE26 6EG
Received 16 Feb 202618 Craven Road, Orpington, BR6 7RT
Received 18 Feb 2026FAIRLIGHT LODGE, 6 FARRINGTON PLACE, CHISLEHURST, BR7 6BE
Received 18 Feb 20264 BIRCH TREE AVENUE, WEST WICKHAM, BR4 9EJ
Received 18 Feb 20262 WYNCROFT CLOSE, BICKLEY, BROMLEY, BR1 2LG
Received 18 Feb 20262 WYNCROFT CLOSE, BICKLEY, BROMLEY, BR1 2LG
Received 18 Feb 20261 BEECH DELL, KESTON, BR2 6EP
Received 18 Feb 20267 NINHAMS WOOD, ORPINGTON, BR6 8NJ
Received 18 Feb 202616 Grove Vale, Chislehurst, BR7 5DS
Received 18 Feb 202613 THE GLADE, WEST WICKHAM, BR4 9LH
Received 17 Feb 202613 WICKHAM WAY, BECKENHAM, BR3 3AA
Received 17 Feb 2026MCDONALDS, 113 HASTINGS ROAD, BROMLEY, BR2 8NH
Received 18 Feb 2026127 PALACE VIEW, BROMLEY, BR1 3EP
Received 19 Feb 2026Records 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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