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.
4,022 approved · 908 refused · 118 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
55 Stafford Road Croydon CR0 4NJ
Received 28 Jan 2025Land Adjoining East Croydon Station, Bounded By George Street (Including 1-5 Station Approach), Dingwall Road, (Including The Warehouse Theatre), Lansdowne Road And Including Land To The North Of Lansdowne Road, Croydon
Received 28 Jan 202519 St Augustine's Avenue South Croydon CR2 6JN
Received 28 Jan 2025118 Chichester Road Croydon CR0 5NB
Received 28 Jan 2025Doric House 39 Shirley Hills Road Croydon CR0 5HQ
Received 28 Jan 202513 Rydons Lane Coulsdon CR5 1SU
Received 28 Jan 2025221 Green Lane Norbury London SW16 3LY
Received 28 Jan 202521 Mosslea Road Whyteleafe CR3 0DR
Received 28 Jan 202520 Kidderminster Road Croydon CR0 2UE
Received 28 Jan 202526 Caterham Drive Coulsdon CR5 1JF
Received 28 Jan 202548 Purley Bury Avenue Purley CR8 1JD
Received 28 Jan 202560 - 62 Westow Street Upper Norwood London SE19 3AF
Received 28 Jan 202560 - 62 Westow Street Upper Norwood London SE19 3AF
Received 28 Jan 202560 - 62 Westow Street Upper Norwood London SE19 3AF
Received 28 Jan 202539 Sefton Road Croydon CR0 7HS
Received 29 Jan 20251006 London Road Thornton Heath CR7 7PJ
Received 29 Jan 2025Crystal Palace Football Club Whitehorse Lane South Norwood London SE25 6PU
Received 29 Jan 202571 Woodside Road Purley CR8 4LQ
Received 29 Jan 2025Crystal Palace Football Club Whitehorse Lane South Norwood London SE25 6PU
Received 29 Jan 20257A Downs Court Road Purley CR8 1BE
Received 29 Jan 202530A Gibson's Hill Norbury London SW16 3JP
Received 29 Jan 2025151 Godstone Road Kenley CR8 5BL
Received 29 Jan 202526 Wortley Road Croydon CR0 3EA
Received 29 Jan 202531 Cullesden Road Kenley CR8 5LR
Received 29 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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