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.
4,108 approved · 933 refused · 124 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
13 Hampton Road Croydon CR0 2XJ
Received 11 Mar 20252 - 28 North End Croydon CR0 1UB
Received 11 Mar 202518 George Street Croydon CR0 1PA
Received 11 Mar 202518 George Street Croydon CR0 1PA
Received 11 Mar 202582 Queen Mary Road Upper Norwood London SE19 3NP
Received 11 Mar 20256 Beaconsfield Road Croydon CR0 2LL
Received 12 Mar 202521 The Waldrons Croydon CR0 4HB
Received 12 Mar 202593 Calley Down Crescent Croydon CR0 0EP
Received 12 Mar 2025196 Limpsfield Road South Croydon CR2 9DA
Received 12 Mar 202512 Rosedene Avenue Croydon CR0 3DN
Received 12 Mar 20251 Kings Walk South Croydon CR2 9BS
Received 12 Mar 2025St Judes Vicarage 11 Dunheved Road North Thornton Heath CR7 6AH
Received 12 Mar 2025Norbury Complex 1326 - 1328 London Road Norbury London SW16 4DG
Received 12 Mar 202514 - 20 Northwood Road Thornton Heath CR7 8XU
Received 12 Mar 202518 Arnulls Road Norbury London SW16 3EP
Received 12 Mar 202531 Shaxton Crescent Croydon CR0 0NW
Received 12 Mar 202544 Edward Road Croydon CR0 6DY
Received 12 Mar 202515 Copse Hill Purley CR8 4LL
Received 12 Mar 2025Sunley House 4 Bedford Park Croydon CR0 2AP
Received 12 Mar 2025118 Queen Mary Road Upper Norwood London SE19 3NP
Received 12 Mar 2025118 Queen Mary Road Upper Norwood London SE19 3NP
Received 12 Mar 2025289 Violet Lane Croydon CR0 4HN
Received 12 Mar 20256 Tree View Close Upper Norwood London SE19 2QT
Received 13 Mar 202595A Central Hill Upper Norwood London SE19 1BY
Received 13 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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