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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.
4,045 approved · 915 refused · 120 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
16 Olden Lane Purley CR8 2EH
Received 11 Feb 202572 Gravel Hill Croydon CR0 5BE
Received 11 Feb 2025Flat 1 32B Canning Road Croydon CR0 6QD
Received 11 Feb 2025St Philips Church Beech Road Norbury London SW16 4NW
Received 11 Feb 202547C And 47D Selhurst Road South Norwood London SE25 5QA
Received 11 Feb 202520 Talbot Road Thornton Heath CR7 8SE
Received 12 Feb 202593 Waddon Road Croydon CR0 4JH
Received 12 Feb 202556 Manor Wood Road Purley CR8 4LE
Received 12 Feb 202549 Berne Road Thornton Heath CR7 7BJ
Received 12 Feb 2025Land Development Site Former Site Of 3 Kingswood Way South Croydon CR2 8QL
Received 12 Feb 2025Jivraj Court 71 St Peter's Road Croydon CR0 1HS
Received 12 Feb 202532-44 Keeley Road And 15 And 31-57 Drummond Road Croydon CR0 1TW
Received 12 Feb 202532-44 Keeley Road And 15 And 31-57 Drummond Road Croydon CR0 1TW
Received 12 Feb 202532-44 Keeley Road And 15 And 31-57 Drummond Road Croydon CR0 1TW
Received 12 Feb 202532-44 Keeley Road And 15 And 31-57 Drummond Road Croydon CR0 1TW
Received 12 Feb 202532-44 Keeley Road And 15 And 31-57 Drummond Croydon CR0 1TW
Received 12 Feb 202539 South Way Croydon CR0 8RH
Received 11 Feb 2025156-180 Addington Road South Croydon CR2 8LB
Received 12 Feb 202593A Virginia Road Thornton Heath CR7 8EN
Received 12 Feb 2025Woodside Baptist Church Spring Lane South Norwood London SE25 4SP
Received 12 Feb 2025Harris Academy Crystal Palace 9 Maberley Road Upper Norwood London SE19 2JH
Received 12 Feb 2025180 Wickham Road Croydon CR0 8BG
Received 12 Feb 202526 Burrell Close Croydon CR0 7QL
Received 12 Feb 2025145 Purley Oaks Road South Croydon CR2 0NZ
Received 12 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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