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.
4,006 approved · 904 refused · 117 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
4 Waterworks Cottages Waddon Way Croydon CR0 4HY
Received 16 Jan 202522 Brighton Road Coulsdon CR5 2BA
Received 16 Jan 202513 Glebe Hyrst South Croydon CR2 9JG
Received 16 Jan 202543 Goodhew Road Croydon CR0 6QZ
Received 16 Jan 202561 Sussex Road South Croydon CR2 7DB
Received 16 Jan 202536 Waddon Way Croydon CR0 4HU
Received 17 Jan 20253 Croham Road South Croydon CR2 7PB
Received 17 Jan 202529 Alexandra Road Croydon CR0 6EY
Received 17 Jan 202529 Farnborough Avenue South Croydon CR2 8HG
Received 17 Jan 20257 Buckingham Gardens Thornton Heath CR7 8AT
Received 17 Jan 202526 Greenview Avenue Croydon CR0 7QU
Received 17 Jan 202544 Temple Avenue Croydon CR0 8QA
Received 17 Jan 20251 Ambassador House Brigstock Road Thornton Heath CR7 7JG
Received 17 Jan 202512 Goldfinch Road South Croydon CR2 8SS
Received 17 Jan 202510 Turnstone Close South Croydon CR2 8SP
Received 17 Jan 2025Cygnus Court 850 Brighton Road Purley CR8 2FB
Received 17 Jan 2025Land Rear Of 13 To 73 Stafford Road Duppas Hill Road Croydon
Received 17 Jan 2025Crystal Palace Football Club Whitehorse Lane South Norwood London SE25 6PU
Received 17 Jan 202532 Furtherfield Close Croydon CR0 3DZ
Received 20 Jan 202528 St Peter's Road Croydon CR0 1HG
Received 20 Jan 202583 Foxley Lane Purley CR8 3HP
Received 20 Jan 2025129 Whitehorse Lane South Norwood London SE25 6RB
Received 20 Jan 202555 Selcroft Road Purley CR8 1AJ
Received 20 Jan 202514 Smitham Downs Road Purley CR8 4NA
Received 20 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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