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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.
4,065 approved · 922 refused · 122 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Flat 3 8 Lancaster Road South Norwood London SE25 4AQ
Received 21 Feb 2025Flat 1 1 Woodville Road Thornton Heath CR7 8LH
Received 21 Feb 2025114 Hayes Lane Kenley CR8 5HR
Received 21 Feb 202559 Limpsfield Road South Croydon CR2 9LB
Received 21 Feb 2025Willis Court 2 Dunheved Road North Thornton Heath CR7 6AH
Received 21 Feb 202546 Welcomes Road Kenley CR8 5HD
Received 21 Feb 202543 Welcomes Road Kenley CR8 5HA
Received 21 Feb 202553 Sefton Road Croydon CR0 7HS
Received 21 Feb 202526 Mersham Road Thornton Heath CR7 8NP
Received 21 Feb 20256 Ryefield Road Upper Norwood London SE19 3QU
Received 24 Feb 2025Commonweal Lodge 11 Woodcote Lane Purley CR8 3HB
Received 24 Feb 2025Pavement Outside 156 London Road (East Side) Croydon CR0 2TE
Received 24 Feb 2025Pavement Outside 156 London Road (East Side) Croydon CR0 2TE
Received 24 Feb 2025Pavement Outside Gary Court 193B London Road (West Side) Croydon CR0 2RJ
Received 24 Feb 2025Pavement Outside Gary Court 193B London Road (West Side) Croydon CR0 2RJ
Received 24 Feb 202577 Elmfield Way South Croydon CR2 0EH
Received 24 Feb 2025Land Development Site Former Site Of 3 Kingswood Way South Croydon CR2 8QL
Received 24 Feb 202539 Northcote Road Croydon CR0 2HY
Received 24 Feb 202515 Morris Close Croydon CR0 7RD
Received 24 Feb 202540 The Glade Croydon CR0 7QD
Received 24 Feb 202512 Upper Woodcote Village Purley CR8 3HE
Received 24 Feb 202512 Abercorn Close South Croydon CR2 8TG
Received 24 Feb 202529A Avondale Road South Croydon CR2 6JE
Received 24 Feb 202553 Sefton Road Croydon CR0 7HS
Received 24 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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