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.
4,093 approved · 931 refused · 124 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
19 Westow Street Upper Norwood London SE19 3RY
Received 5 Mar 202548 Church Road Upper Norwood London SE19 2ET
Received 5 Mar 2025254 High Street Croydon CR0 1NF
Received 6 Mar 202512 Ryecroft Road Norbury London SW16 3EG
Received 6 Mar 202573 Ryecroft Road Norbury London SW16 3EN
Received 6 Mar 202511 Station Road South Norwood London SE25 5AH
Received 6 Mar 2025Land To Rear Of 130 Brighton Road Coulsdon CR5 2ND
Received 6 Mar 2025Land And Buildings Rear Of 1 - 7 Gresham Road South Norwood London SE25 5JT
Received 6 Mar 20251 Elmpark Gardens South Croydon CR2 8RW
Received 6 Mar 2025266 Green Lane Norbury London SW16 3BA
Received 6 Mar 20252 Welcomes Road Kenley CR8 5HD
Received 6 Mar 202561 St Saviour's Road Croydon CR0 2XF
Received 7 Mar 202515 Siddons Road Croydon CR0 4JR
Received 7 Mar 2025205 Whitehorse Road Croydon CR0 2LH
Received 7 Mar 202528 Welcomes Road Kenley CR8 5HD
Received 7 Mar 202518 George Street Croydon CR0 1PA
Received 7 Mar 202564 Kingswood Way South Croydon CR2 8QQ
Received 7 Mar 2025Silva 22B Sylvan Close South Croydon CR2 8DS
Received 7 Mar 20257 Uplands Road Kenley CR8 5EE
Received 10 Mar 202593 Sandown Road South Norwood London SE25 4XD
Received 10 Mar 202530 Chipstead Valley Road Coulsdon CR5 2RA
Received 10 Mar 202517 Croham Mount South Croydon CR2 0BR
Received 10 Mar 20256 Mitchley Avenue Purley CR8 1EA
Received 10 Mar 202515 Onslow Gardens South Croydon CR2 9AD
Received 10 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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