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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.
4,056 approved · 920 refused · 120 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
24 Chatsworth Road Croydon CR0 1HA
Received 13 Feb 202516 Steyning Close Kenley CR8 5LP
Received 13 Feb 2025Sunley House 4 Bedford Park Croydon CR0 2AP
Received 13 Feb 20251 Harewood Road South Croydon CR2 7AL
Received 13 Feb 202510 Daisy Close Croydon CR0 8XP
Received 13 Feb 2025885 Brighton Road Purley CR8 2BN
Received 13 Feb 2025316 Old Lodge Lane Purley CR8 4AQ
Received 13 Feb 202563 Briar Avenue Norbury London SW16 3AB
Received 13 Feb 20256 Twinners Road Coulsdon Croydon CR5 3LS
Received 13 Feb 202529 Foxley Road Thornton Heath CR7 7DX
Received 13 Feb 20258 Pytchley Crescent Upper Norwood London SE19 3QT
Received 14 Feb 202582 Glenthorne Avenue Croydon CR0 7EZ
Received 14 Feb 202536 Honister Heights Purley CR8 1EU
Received 14 Feb 202513 Woodland Way Purley CR8 2HT
Received 14 Feb 2025Rear Of 35 & 37 Croham Valley Road South Croydon CR2 7JF
Received 14 Feb 202516 Stafford Road Croydon CR0 4NL
Received 14 Feb 20258 Borrowdale Drive South Croydon CR2 9JS
Received 14 Feb 20254 Kidderminster Road Croydon CR0 2UE
Received 14 Feb 2025261 Hayes Lane Kenley CR8 5EJ
Received 14 Feb 20251 Greenside Road Croydon CR0 3PP
Received 17 Feb 20252 Selborne Road Croydon CR0 5JQ
Received 17 Feb 202533 Hermitage Road Upper Norwood London SE19 3QW
Received 17 Feb 202538 Eden Road Croydon CR0 1BA
Received 17 Feb 2025Ground Floor Flat 23 Grove Road Thornton Heath CR7 6HN
Received 17 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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