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4,019 approved · 906 refused · 118 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
117 Ingram Road Thornton Heath CR7 8EH
Received 27 Jan 202591 - 101 High Street Croydon CR0 1QF
Received 27 Jan 202549 Auckland Road Upper Norwood London SE19 2DR
Received 27 Jan 202549 Auckland Road Upper Norwood London SE19 2DR
Received 27 Jan 202539 Hermitage Road Upper Norwood London SE19 3QW
Received 27 Jan 202525 Birdwood Close South Croydon CR2 8QJ
Received 27 Jan 2025Croydon Sports Arena Albert Road South Norwood London SE25 4QL
Received 27 Jan 20257 Honister Heights Purley CR8 1EW
Received 27 Jan 2025275 Addiscombe Road Croydon CR0 7HY
Received 27 Jan 2025101 Downs Court Road Purley CR8 1BH
Received 27 Jan 202575 Norbury Court Road Norbury London SW16 4HX
Received 27 Jan 202530 Viney Bank Court Wood Lane Croydon CR0 9JS
Received 27 Jan 20251 Audley Drive Warlingham CR6 9AH
Received 27 Jan 2025Street Record Fox Hill Gardens Upper Norwood London
Received 27 Jan 20258 Cheltenham Villas Stanley Road Croydon CR0 3QA
Received 27 Jan 2025Cherry Tree Green, Limpsfield Road, Croydon, London, CR2 9BN
Received 27 Jan 202517 Hurst View Road South Croydon CR2 7AJ
Received 27 Jan 2025Braeside 240 Sanderstead Road South Croydon CR2 0AJ
Received 27 Jan 20253 Crowther Road South Norwood London SE25 5QW
Received 27 Jan 20259 Market Parade Portland Road South Norwood London SE25 4PP
Received 27 Jan 202568 Northway Road Croydon CR0 6JF
Received 27 Jan 202574 Kilmartin Avenue Norbury London SW16 4QZ
Received 27 Jan 20251 Kelling Gardens Croydon CR0 2RP
Received 27 Jan 20253 Georgia Road Thornton Heath CR7 8DU
Received 28 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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