Understanding planning · 13 min read
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.
3,932 approved · 887 refused · 116 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
112 Whitehorse Road Croydon CR0 2JF
Received 20 Dec 202424 Werndee Road South Norwood London SE25 5LB
Received 20 Dec 202426 Lonsdale Road South Norwood London SE25 4JJ
Received 20 Dec 2024249 Norbury Avenue Norbury London SW16 3RN
Received 20 Dec 2024249 Norbury Avenue Norbury London SW16 3RN
Received 20 Dec 2024Conifers 4 Pine Coombe Croydon CR0 5HS
Received 20 Dec 202424 Auckland Road Upper Norwood London SE19 2DJ
Received 20 Dec 2024Unit 5 Commerce Trade Park 4 Commerce Way Croydon CR0 4YN
Received 20 Dec 202432 Oakfield Road Croydon CR0 2UA
Received 20 Dec 2024R/O 81-83 Oval Road Croydon CR0 6BQ
Received 23 Dec 20242 Buckingham Avenue Thornton Heath CR7 8AS
Received 23 Dec 202447A Fairdene Road Coulsdon CR5 1RG
Received 23 Dec 202497 Wentworth Way South Croydon CR2 9EZ
Received 23 Dec 202432 Thornhill Road Croydon CR0 2XY
Received 23 Dec 202432 Thornhill Road Croydon CR0 2XY
Received 23 Dec 20244 Auckland Close Upper Norwood London SE19 2DA
Received 23 Dec 20242 Livingstone Road Thornton Heath CR7 8JT
Received 23 Dec 202410 Covington Gardens Norbury London SW16 3SE
Received 23 Dec 20244 Auckland Close Upper Norwood London SE19 2DA
Received 23 Dec 202442 Riding Hill South Croydon CR2 9LN
Received 23 Dec 2024Zodiac House 161 - 165 London Road Croydon CR0 2RJ
Received 23 Dec 2024Rear Of 59 - 62 High Street South Norwood London SE25 6EF
Received 23 Dec 202449 Gladeside Croydon CR0 7RL
Received 23 Dec 20244 Heathfield Road Croydon CR0 1ES
Received 23 Dec 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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