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.
4,019 approved · 906 refused · 118 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
35 Gravel Hill Croydon CR0 5BJ
Received 23 Jan 2025Crystal Palace Football Club Whitehorse Lane South Norwood London SE25 6PU
Received 23 Jan 2025Land To The R/O Of 1-7 Acacia Road Norbury London SW16 5PP
Received 23 Jan 2025Telephone Exchange Hollymeoak Road Coulsdon CR5 3QA
Received 23 Jan 2025116 Mitchley Avenue South Croydon CR2 9HH
Received 23 Jan 202550 Welcomes Road Kenley CR8 5HD
Received 23 Jan 202543 Laurel Crescent Croydon CR0 8LZ
Received 23 Jan 202525 Gonville Road Thornton Heath CR7 6DE
Received 23 Jan 202515 Fryston Avenue Croydon CR0 7HF
Received 23 Jan 202580 Beverley Road Whyteleafe CR3 0DX
Received 23 Jan 202523A Green Lane Purley CR8 3PQ
Received 24 Jan 20251 Hunters Way Croydon CR0 5JJ
Received 24 Jan 2025Spindlewood Farm Drive Purley CR8 3LP
Received 24 Jan 2025209 - 213 Lower Addiscombe Road Croydon CR0 6RB
Received 24 Jan 202564 Edward Road Croydon CR0 6DY
Received 24 Jan 202510A The Drive Coulsdon CR5 2BL
Received 24 Jan 2025Kunle Court 39 Banstead Road Purley CR8 3DT
Received 24 Jan 2025180 Wickham Road Croydon CR0 8BG
Received 24 Jan 202560 Oakfield Road Croydon CR0 2UB
Received 24 Jan 202524 Manor Way South Croydon CR2 7BR
Received 24 Jan 20252A Furze Lane Purley CR8 3EG
Received 24 Jan 2025Electric House 3 Wellesley Road Croydon CR0 2AG
Received 24 Jan 202530 Pollards Hill West Norbury London SW16 4NT
Received 27 Jan 202569 Chestnut Grove South Croydon CR2 7LL
Received 27 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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