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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
Explore collected planning applications and decisions for London Borough of Croydon. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
3,914 approved · 880 refused · 115 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 4 Jan 2019 to 8 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 11 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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.
150 Cherry Orchard Road Croydon CR0 6BB
Received 4 Jan 20191 & 2 Abingdon Road Norbury London SW16 5QP
Received 29 Mar 202272A Frith Road Croydon CR0 1TA
Received 13 Jun 2022British Legion Memorial Hall 1268A London Road Norbury London SW16 4EJ
Received 24 Aug 2022Canterbury House 2 - 6 Sydenham Road Croydon CR0 9BL
Received 7 Sept 2022Flat1, 119D Purley Oaks Road South Croydon CR2 0NY
Received 6 Oct 2022Pearsall Terrace 16D Highfield Hill Upper Norwood London SE19 3PS
Received 15 Feb 20239 Nicholson Road Croydon CR0 6QT
Received 20 Apr 2023Croydon College Annexe Barclay Road Croydon CR9 1DX
Received 24 May 202392 Stafford Road Croydon CR0 4NF
Received 12 Dec 202347 Woodside Green South Norwood London SE25 5HQ
Received 28 Dec 2023Development Site At 29 - 35 Russell Hill Road Purley CR8 2LF
Received 29 Jan 20242A Oakley Road South Norwood London SE25 4XQ
Received 1 Mar 2024Parnell Court 112 Auckland Road Upper Norwood London SE19 2BY
Received 2 Apr 20243 The Spinney Purley CR8 1AB
Received 11 Apr 2024Bennat Apartments 78 Higher Drive Purley CR8 2HG
Received 18 Apr 2024Buddhist Temple 76 Beulah Hill Upper Norwood London SE19 3EW
Received 2 May 202435 Shirley Avenue Croydon CR0 8SL
Received 10 May 202472 Reddown Road Coulsdon CR5 1AL
Received 13 May 20245 Warwick Road Coulsdon CR5 2EF
Received 20 May 2024Scout Hut 1 Peppermint Close Croydon CR0 3DX
Received 12 Jun 20241336A London Road Norbury London SW16 4DG
Received 18 Jun 2024116 Crowther Road South Norwood London SE25 5QS
Received 19 Jun 20241000 London Road Thornton Heath CR7 7PJ
Received 21 Jun 2024Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
View all applicationsStart 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 Croydon, 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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