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.
3,985 approved · 900 refused · 117 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Sanderstead Telephone Exchange Church Way South Croydon CR2 0YE
Received 8 Jan 202541 Windmill Grove Croydon CR0 2XL
Received 8 Jan 202589 Wellesley Road Croydon CR0 2AJ
Received 8 Jan 202520 Denmark Road South Norwood London SE25 5QU
Received 8 Jan 202525 Sundown Avenue South Croydon CR2 0RQ
Received 8 Jan 2025421 Wickham Road Croydon CR0 8DP
Received 8 Jan 202513 Greenview Avenue Croydon CR0 7QW
Received 9 Jan 202586 - 90 North End Croydon CR0 1UJ
Received 9 Jan 2025Land South Of 13 Abbots Lane Kenley CR8 5JB
Received 9 Jan 2025Development Site Former Site Of 119 Old Farleigh Road South Croydon CR2 8QD
Received 9 Jan 202517 Morley Road South Croydon CR2 0EN
Received 9 Jan 20255 Purley Hill Purley CR8 1AP
Received 9 Jan 202525 Edgehill Road Purley CR8 2ND
Received 9 Jan 202511 Rockhampton Road South Croydon CR2 7AQ
Received 9 Jan 202527A Brigstock Road Thornton Heath CR7 7JJ
Received 9 Jan 202536 Norbury Court Road Norbury London SW16 4HT
Received 9 Jan 202577 Portland Road South Norwood London SE25 4UN
Received 9 Jan 20251 William's Terrace Croydon CR0 4HZ
Received 9 Jan 20251 William's Terrace Croydon CR0 4HZ
Received 9 Jan 2025149 Oval Road Croydon CR0 6BS
Received 9 Jan 202548 Brighton Road Purley CR8 2LG
Received 9 Jan 202520 Crawford Crescent Coulsdon Croydon CR5 3GL
Received 10 Jan 20257 Chandos Gardens Coulsdon CR5 1HW
Received 10 Jan 2025133 Godstone Road Kenley CR8 5BD
Received 10 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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