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.
4,045 approved · 915 refused · 120 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
109 Foxley Lane Purley CR8 3HQ
Received 10 Feb 202537 Kynaston Road Thornton Heath CR7 7AZ
Received 10 Feb 202571 Higher Drive Purley CR8 2HN
Received 10 Feb 2025Flat 1 6 Woodstock Road Croydon CR0 1JR
Received 10 Feb 2025Development Site Former Site Of Queens Arms 40 Portland Road South Norwood London
Received 10 Feb 202573 Winterbourne Road Thornton Heath CR7 7QY
Received 10 Feb 202532 Woodlands Grove Coulsdon CR5 3AJ
Received 10 Feb 2025Walcot Court 1B Ashburton Road Croydon CR0 6AP
Received 10 Feb 202543 Lower Barn Road Purley CR8 1HZ
Received 10 Feb 20259 Peterwood Way Croydon CR0 4UQ
Received 10 Feb 2025Grass Verge At The Junction Of Avenue Road And Warminster Road South Norwood London SE25 4DW
Received 10 Feb 202558A Reddown Road Coulsdon CR5 1AX
Received 10 Feb 20256 Placehouse Lane Coulsdon CR5 1LA
Received 10 Feb 202518 Ripley Close Croydon CR0 0RP
Received 11 Feb 202520 Bishops Road Croydon CR0 3LD
Received 11 Feb 202536 Norbury Hill Norbury London SW16 3LB
Received 11 Feb 202549 Sunny Bank South Norwood London SE25 4TJ
Received 11 Feb 202537 The Ridge Coulsdon CR5 2AT
Received 11 Feb 202542 Bredon Road Croydon CR0 6JH
Received 11 Feb 202520 Mayday Road Thornton Heath CR7 7HL
Received 11 Feb 202588 Parkway Croydon CR0 0LA
Received 11 Feb 20258A Dunheved Road North Thornton Heath CR7 6AH
Received 11 Feb 20251 Lower Addiscombe Road Croydon CR0 6PQ
Received 11 Feb 202575 Hartley Hill Purley CR8 4EQ
Received 11 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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