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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4,056 approved · 920 refused · 120 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
111 Lakehall Road Thornton Heath CR7 7EJ
Received 17 Feb 202540 Heath Road Thornton Heath CR7 8NE
Received 17 Feb 2025Flat 1 36 Canning Road Croydon CR0 6QE
Received 17 Feb 20251 Greenside Road Croydon CR0 3PP
Received 17 Feb 20253 Harbledown Road South Croydon CR2 8RH
Received 17 Feb 20256 Windmill Road Croydon CR0 2XN
Received 17 Feb 202591 Winifred Road Coulsdon CR5 3JG
Received 17 Feb 202545 - 49 Gladstone Road Croydon CR0 2BQ
Received 17 Feb 2025149 Whitehorse Lane South Norwood London SE25 6RB
Received 17 Feb 2025Land To The Rear Of 1 To 7 Acacia Road Norbury London SW16 5PP SW16 5PP
Received 17 Feb 2025111 Lakehall Road Thornton Heath CR7 7EJ
Received 17 Feb 202526 Braemar Avenue Thornton Heath CR7 7RG
Received 17 Feb 202523 Orleans Road Upper Norwood London SE19 3TB
Received 17 Feb 202565 Chevening Road Upper Norwood London SE19 3TD
Received 17 Feb 202556 Mayfield Road South Croydon CR2 0BF
Received 17 Feb 20256-44 Station Road And Queens Hall Car Park, Poplar Walk, Croydon (St Michaels Square)
Received 17 Feb 202525 Craignish Avenue Norbury London SW16 4RN
Received 18 Feb 2025288 King Henry's Drive Croydon CR0 0AA
Received 18 Feb 20253 Craignish Avenue Norbury London SW16 4RN
Received 18 Feb 2025107 Brian Avenue South Croydon CR2 9NJ
Received 18 Feb 202540 Welcomes Road Kenley CR8 5HD
Received 18 Feb 2025Ground Floor Flat 405 Lower Addiscombe Road Croydon CR0 6RX
Received 18 Feb 20259A Haydn Avenue Purley CR8 4AG
Received 18 Feb 2025Ground Floor Flat 29 Stanley Grove Croydon CR0 3QW
Received 18 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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