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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.
3,921 approved · 882 refused · 115 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
Harrylock Court 20 Smitham Bottom Lane Purley CR8 3DA
Received 25 Jul 2024Land Rear Of 30 Northampton Road (fronting Onto Carlyle Road) Croydon CR0 7HA
Received 29 Jul 2024275 Addiscombe Road Croydon CR0 7HY
Received 31 Jul 2024Chatsons House 7 Northampton Road Croydon CR0 7HB
Received 5 Aug 2024269 Limpsfield Road South Croydon CR2 9DF
Received 8 Aug 202426 Marion Road Thornton Heath CR7 7AL
Received 8 Aug 202463 Northwood Avenue Purley CR8 2ER
Received 9 Aug 202429 - 31 Limpsfield Road South Croydon CR2 9LA
Received 14 Aug 202459 Addington Road Croydon CR0 3LW
Received 22 Aug 2024Shop And Premises 65 High Street South Norwood London SE25 6EB
Received 26 Aug 2024Land R/O 175 Queens Road Croydon CR0 2PX
Received 2 Sept 202418 Welcomes Road Kenley CR8 5HD
Received 3 Sept 202477 - 79 Mitchley Avenue South Croydon CR2 9HN
Received 9 Sept 202463 Stanger Road South Norwood London SE25 5LD
Received 10 Sept 202417 Nursery Close Croydon CR0 5EW
Received 10 Sept 2024183 Long Lane Croydon CR0 7TE
Received 10 Sept 202468 Beulah Road Thornton Heath CR7 8JF
Received 11 Sept 2024121 Brighton Road Coulsdon CR5 2NG
Received 23 Sept 202496 Bensham Manor Road Thornton Heath CR7 7AU
Received 30 Sept 2024Garages Rear Of Croftside 53 Sunny Bank South Norwood London SE25 4TL
Received 4 Oct 202443 Abbots Lane Kenley CR8 5JB
Received 7 Oct 202424 Ladbrook Road South Norwood London SE25 6QD
Received 7 Oct 202449 Silverleigh Road Thornton Heath CR7 6DZ
Received 8 Oct 20249 Foxcombe Field Way Croydon CR0 9EX
Received 9 Oct 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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