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.
4,031 approved · 911 refused · 119 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
139 Tylecroft Road Norbury London SW16 4BJ
Received 3 Feb 2025Peter Sylvester Centre 11 Bramley Hill South Croydon CR2 6LX
Received 3 Feb 202523 Rolleston Road South Croydon CR2 0PT
Received 3 Feb 202523 Rolleston Road South Croydon CR2 0PT
Received 3 Feb 2025320 King Henry's Drive Croydon CR0 0AB
Received 3 Feb 202513 Richmond Road Coulsdon CR5 2PH
Received 3 Feb 20251 Homefield Road Coulsdon CR5 1ET
Received 3 Feb 202511 Chatsworth Road Croydon CR0 1HE
Received 3 Feb 202550 Sanderstead Hill South Croydon CR2 0HA
Received 3 Feb 2025120 Littleheath Road South Croydon CR2 7SE
Received 4 Feb 20259 Whitgift Avenue South Croydon CR2 6AZ
Received 4 Feb 2025130 Addiscombe Court Road Croydon CR0 6TS
Received 4 Feb 202583 Tollers Lane Coulsdon CR5 1BG
Received 4 Feb 20255 - 7 Hartley Old Road Purley CR8 4HH
Received 4 Feb 20255 - 7 Hartley Old Road Purley CR8 4HH
Received 4 Feb 20255 - 7 Hartley Old Road Purley CR8 4HH
Received 4 Feb 202527 Maryland Road Thornton Heath CR7 8DG
Received 4 Feb 20255 - 7 Hartley Old Road Purley CR8 4HH
Received 4 Feb 202577 Harold Road Upper Norwood London SE19 3SP
Received 4 Feb 202514A Wakefield Gardens Upper Norwood London SE19 2NR
Received 4 Feb 20251 Norcot 255 Sanderstead Road South Croydon CR2 0AG
Received 4 Feb 2025St John The Evangelist Church Canon's Hill Coulsdon CR5 1HA
Received 4 Feb 20251 Trafford Road Thornton Heath CR7 6DR
Received 4 Feb 2025166 Ballards Way Croydon CR0 5RG
Received 5 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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