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.
4,100 approved · 931 refused · 124 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
110 Welcomes Road Kenley CR8 5HG
Received 10 Mar 202581 Dixon Road South Norwood London SE25 6UE
Received 10 Mar 20253 Fox Hill Gardens Upper Norwood London SE19 2XB
Received 10 Mar 202516 Burrell Close Croydon CR0 7QL
Received 7 Mar 2025156 Shirley Road Croydon CR0 7LN
Received 10 Mar 202511 Clifford Road South Norwood London SE25 5JJ
Received 10 Mar 202552 Smitham Downs Road Purley CR8 4NE
Received 10 Mar 2025246 South Norwood Hill South Norwood London SE25 6BA
Received 10 Mar 202562 Lower Addiscombe Road Croydon CR0 6AB
Received 10 Mar 202562 Lower Addiscombe Road Croydon CR0 6AB
Received 10 Mar 202559 - 61 Brighton Road South Croydon CR2 6ED
Received 10 Mar 20254 Stoneyfield Road Coulsdon CR5 2HJ
Received 10 Mar 2025Praise House 145 - 151 London Road Croydon CR0 2RG
Received 10 Mar 2025Warehouse 516 London Road Thornton Heath CR7 7YG
Received 11 Mar 2025117 Whitehorse Lane South Norwood London SE25 6RA
Received 11 Mar 20255 High Trees Croydon CR0 7UR
Received 11 Mar 20255 - 9 Surrey Street Croydon CR0 1RG
Received 11 Mar 20255 - 9 Surrey Street Croydon CR0 1RG
Received 11 Mar 20251 South Way Croydon CR0 8RH
Received 11 Mar 202573 Hayes Lane Kenley CR8 5JR
Received 11 Mar 202515 Kingslyn Crescent Upper Norwood London SE19 3DG
Received 11 Mar 2025The Tudor Rose Public House 270 Coulsdon Road Coulsdon CR5 1EB
Received 11 Mar 20256 Rydons Wood Close Coulsdon CR5 1ST
Received 11 Mar 20258 Fairfield Road Croydon CR0 5LH
Received 11 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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