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.
4,066 approved · 923 refused · 122 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
238 Holmesdale Road South Norwood London SE25 6PT
Received 24 Feb 2025238 Holmesdale Road South Norwood London SE25 6PT
Received 24 Feb 202547 Oak Avenue Croydon CR0 8EP
Received 24 Feb 202547 Oak Avenue Croydon CR0 8EP
Received 24 Feb 2025126 Gravel Hill Croydon CR0 5BF
Received 24 Feb 202525 Shirley Avenue Coulsdon CR5 1QZ
Received 24 Feb 20259B Canning Road Croydon CR0 6QA
Received 24 Feb 20259A Smitham Bottom Lane Purley CR8 3DE
Received 24 Feb 202530 Russell Hill Purley CR8 2JA
Received 24 Feb 202533 Purley Park Road Purley CR8 2BU
Received 24 Feb 202523 Keston Road Thornton Heath CR7 6BT
Received 25 Feb 2025159 Addington Road South Croydon CR2 8LL
Received 25 Feb 202574 Christian Fields Norbury London SW16 3JX
Received 25 Feb 2025126 Gravel Hill Croydon CR0 5BF
Received 25 Feb 202524 Stoats Nest Road Coulsdon CR5 2JD
Received 25 Feb 2025Development Site Formerly Gas Distribution Station Factory Lane Croydon CR0 3RL
Received 25 Feb 202518 Canham Road South Norwood London SE25 6RZ
Received 25 Feb 202573A And 73B Woodside Green South Norwood London SE25 5HU
Received 25 Feb 202521 Werndee Road South Norwood London SE25 5LB
Received 25 Feb 2025Warehouse 516 London Road Thornton Heath CR7 7YG
Received 25 Feb 202512 Upper Woodcote Village Purley CR8 3HE
Received 25 Feb 2025Crystal Palace Football Club Whitehorse Lane South Norwood London SE25 6PU
Received 25 Feb 2025120 Long Lane Croydon CR0 7AP
Received 25 Feb 202535 Dingwall Road Croydon CR9 2EF
Received 25 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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