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.
4,030 approved · 911 refused · 119 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
24 Martin Close South Croydon CR2 8QS
Received 31 Jan 2025106 Purley Downs Road South Croydon CR2 0RB
Received 31 Jan 202524 Longhurst Road Croydon CR0 7AS
Received 31 Jan 20256 Central Place South Norwood London SE25 4PR
Received 31 Jan 2025Building Adjoining 1A Cargreen Road South Norwood London SE25 5AD
Received 31 Jan 20251 Georgia Road Thornton Heath CR7 8DU
Received 31 Jan 202510 - 12 Dunheved Road South Thornton Heath CR7 6AD
Received 31 Jan 202541 Crown Lane Norbury London SW16 3JE
Received 31 Jan 202558 The Crossways Coulsdon CR5 1LD
Received 3 Feb 202591 Wentworth Way South Croydon CR2 9EZ
Received 3 Feb 2025291A Lower Addiscombe Road Croydon CR0 6RE
Received 3 Feb 202593 Grasmere Road Purley CR8 1DZ
Received 3 Feb 2025156 Wentworth Way South Croydon CR2 9ET
Received 3 Feb 202575 Penge Road South Norwood London SE25 4EJ
Received 3 Feb 202511 Coombe Wood Hill Purley CR8 1JP
Received 3 Feb 202599 Hermitage Road Upper Norwood London SE19 3QL
Received 3 Feb 202526 Eden Road Croydon CR0 1BA
Received 3 Feb 2025Faraday House Gladstone Road Croydon CR0 2BQ
Received 3 Feb 202575 Bensham Manor Road Thornton Heath CR7 7AF
Received 3 Feb 202573 Welcomes Road Kenley CR8 5HA
Received 3 Feb 202519 Stafford Road Croydon CR0 4NG
Received 3 Feb 2025Bus Shelter Pavement Outside 921 Brighton Road Croydon CR8 2BP
Received 3 Feb 2025Colliers Court 258 Sydenham Road Croydon CR0 2EB
Received 3 Feb 202571 Bridle Road Croydon CR0 8HP
Received 3 Feb 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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