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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.
4,038 approved · 911 refused · 120 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
29 Kingswood Way South Croydon CR2 8QL
Received 6 Feb 202583 - 85 High Street Croydon CR0 1QF
Received 6 Feb 202518 Upfield Croydon CR0 5DQ
Received 6 Feb 202520A Selhurst Road South Norwood London SE25 5QF
Received 6 Feb 2025Development Site Former Site Of 66 Pollards Hill North Norbury London SW16 4NY
Received 6 Feb 202529 Fernleigh Close Croydon CR0 4RY
Received 6 Feb 2025304 - 306 Bensham Lane Thornton Heath CR7 7EQ
Received 6 Feb 20255 Grant Place At The Rear Of 50 Grant Road Croydon CR0 6PG
Received 6 Feb 202597 Wentworth Way South Croydon CR2 9EZ
Received 7 Feb 202540A Foxley Lane Purley CR8 3EE
Received 7 Feb 2025Summit House 50 Wandle Road Croydon CR0 1DF
Received 7 Feb 202558 Harold Road Upper Norwood London SE19 3SW
Received 7 Feb 202538 Tollers Lane Coulsdon CR5 1BB
Received 7 Feb 202522 Selsdon Road South Croydon CR2 6PB
Received 7 Feb 2025Garage Adjoining Shirley St Leonard's Road Croydon
Received 7 Feb 2025Development Site At 176 - 178 Orchard Way Croydon CR0 7NN
Received 7 Feb 2025Olivia Court 1 Saddle Mews Croydon CR0 2FZ
Received 7 Feb 2025Ground Floor Flat 79 Galpins Road Thornton Heath CR7 6EN
Received 7 Feb 2025254 Limpsfield Road South Croydon CR2 9DD
Received 10 Feb 2025254 Limpsfield Road South Croydon CR2 9DD
Received 10 Feb 202587 Leander Road Thornton Heath CR7 6JZ
Received 10 Feb 2025254 Limpsfield Road South Croydon CR2 9DD
Received 10 Feb 2025Ground Floor Flat 111 Albert Road South Norwood London SE25 4JW
Received 10 Feb 202560 Warbank Crescent Croydon CR0 0AS
Received 10 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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