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.
4,081 approved · 930 refused · 124 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
6 Parfour Drive Kenley CR8 5HJ
Received 3 Mar 20252B Burlington Road Thornton Heath CR7 8PE
Received 3 Mar 2025150 Wentworth Way South Croydon CR2 9ET
Received 3 Mar 202513 Grisedale Close Purley CR8 1EL
Received 3 Mar 202528 Woodfield Hill Coulsdon CR5 3EP
Received 3 Mar 202513 Silver Lane Purley CR8 3HJ
Received 3 Mar 2025102 Crowther Road South Norwood London SE25 5QR
Received 3 Mar 202546 Byron Avenue Coulsdon CR5 2JR
Received 3 Mar 202548 Bramley Avenue Coulsdon CR5 2DQ
Received 3 Mar 202547 Graham Road Purley CR8 2EN
Received 3 Mar 202543 Hillcote Avenue Norbury London SW16 3BH
Received 3 Mar 202565 Abbots Lane Kenley CR8 5JG
Received 3 Mar 202546 Winterbourne Road Thornton Heath CR7 7QU
Received 3 Mar 202546 Winterbourne Road Thornton Heath CR7 7QU
Received 3 Mar 2025Former New Addington Leisure Centre New Addington Croydon Surrey CR0 0DH
Received 3 Mar 202516 Crowley Crescent Croydon CR0 4EB
Received 3 Mar 20257 Haynes Lane Upper Norwood London SE19 3AN
Received 3 Mar 202521 Stanley Gardens South Croydon CR2 9AH
Received 3 Mar 20251 Haling Park Road South Croydon CR2 6NG
Received 3 Mar 20253 South Drive Coulsdon CR5 2BJ
Received 3 Mar 20253 South Drive Coulsdon CR5 2BJ
Received 3 Mar 2025Summit House 50 Wandle Road Croydon CR0 1DF
Received 3 Mar 2025Development Site At 176 - 178 Orchard Way Croydon CR0 7NN
Received 3 Mar 202562 Lower Addiscombe Road Croydon CR0 6AB
Received 3 Mar 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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