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.
3,981 approved · 900 refused · 117 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
7 Quadrant Road Thornton Heath CR7 7DB
Received 6 Jan 20251 Kelling Gardens Croydon CR0 2RP
Received 6 Jan 2025109 Church Road Upper Norwood London SE19 2PR
Received 6 Jan 2025350 Mitcham Road Croydon
Received 6 Jan 2025Zodiac House 161 - 165 London Road Croydon CR0 2RJ
Received 6 Jan 20255 Manchester Road Thornton Heath CR7 8NH
Received 6 Jan 202537 Turle Road Norbury London SW16 5QW
Received 6 Jan 20257 Frobisher Close Kenley CR8 5HF
Received 7 Jan 202523 Hill Barn South Croydon CR2 0RU
Received 7 Jan 2025303 Addiscombe Road Croydon CR0 7LE
Received 7 Jan 202531 South Park Hill Road South Croydon CR2 7DZ
Received 7 Jan 202531 South Park Hill Road South Croydon CR2 7DZ
Received 7 Jan 202531A South Park Hill Road South Croydon CR2 7DZ
Received 7 Jan 202531A South Park Hill Road South Croydon CR2 7DZ
Received 7 Jan 202521 Purley Rise Purley CR8 3AW
Received 7 Jan 202530A Plough Lane Purley CR8 3QA
Received 8 Jan 20252 Elm Park Road South Norwood London SE25 6UA
Received 8 Jan 2025262 Whitehorse Lane South Norwood London SE25 6UW
Received 8 Jan 2025303-305 Norbury Avenue Norbury London SW16 3RW
Received 8 Jan 202549 Birchanger Road South Norwood London SE25 5BE
Received 8 Jan 2025145 Purley Oaks Road South Croydon CR2 0NZ
Received 8 Jan 2025304 - 306 Bensham Lane Thornton Heath CR7 7EQ
Received 8 Jan 2025Land Development Site At 104 Purley Downs Road South Croydon CR2 0RB
Received 8 Jan 202589 Wellesley Road Croydon CR0 2AJ
Received 8 Jan 2025Records 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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