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.
4,075 approved · 929 refused · 123 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
53 Church Way South Croydon CR2 0JU
Received 25 Feb 20251 Trafford Road Thornton Heath CR7 6DR
Received 26 Feb 20258A Thornhill Road Croydon CR0 2XY
Received 26 Feb 202544 Byron Avenue Coulsdon CR5 2JR
Received 26 Feb 202519 - 21 High Street Croydon CR0 1QB
Received 26 Feb 2025Land Rear Of 29 To 33 Avondale Road South Croydon
Received 26 Feb 202545 Canterbury Road Croydon CR0 3PY
Received 26 Feb 2025203 Norbury Avenue Thornton Heath CR7 8AB
Received 26 Feb 202543 Rymer Road Croydon CR0 6EF
Received 26 Feb 202512 Baron's Walk Croydon CR0 7NY
Received 26 Feb 20259 Wattendon Road Kenley CR8 5LW
Received 26 Feb 202576 Lower Addiscombe Road Croydon CR0 6AB
Received 26 Feb 2025Shell For 1 - 87 Regina Road South Norwood London
Received 26 Feb 2025Whitgift School Nottingham Road South Croydon CR2 6YT
Received 26 Feb 202539 Grimwade Avenue Croydon CR0 5DJ
Received 26 Feb 202585 Norbury Court Road Norbury London SW16 4HX
Received 26 Feb 202514 Southwell Road Croydon CR0 3QD
Received 26 Feb 202517 Epsom Road Croydon CR0 4NB
Received 26 Feb 202516 Mallard Road South Croydon CR2 8PY
Received 26 Feb 202557 - 59 Whitehorse Road Croydon CR0 2JG
Received 27 Feb 2025Flat 1 2D Harold Road Upper Norwood London SE19 3FB
Received 27 Feb 2025Millets 5 High Street Croydon CR0 1QB
Received 27 Feb 2025127 Pollards Hill South Norbury London SW16 4LS
Received 27 Feb 20256 Addington Road South Croydon CR2 8RB
Received 27 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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