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.
4,113 approved · 934 refused · 124 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
12 Sundial Avenue South Norwood London SE25 4BX
Received 13 Mar 2025178 Langdale Road Thornton Heath CR7 7PR
Received 13 Mar 2025324 King Henry's Drive Croydon CR0 0AB
Received 13 Mar 202511 Chaldon Way Coulsdon CR5 1DG
Received 13 Mar 2025Sim Heights 52 Sydenham Road Croydon CR0 2YW
Received 13 Mar 202534 Kersey Drive South Croydon CR2 8SX
Received 13 Mar 202532A Chatsworth Road Croydon CR0 1BN
Received 13 Mar 202511 Forrest Gardens Norbury London SW16 4LP
Received 13 Mar 20252 - 4 Brickwood Road Croydon CR0 6UL
Received 13 Mar 2025110 Devonshire Way Croydon CR0 8BS
Received 13 Mar 202520 Briar Road Norbury London SW16 4LU
Received 13 Mar 2025Development Site At 29 - 35 Russell Hill Road Purley CR8 2LF
Received 13 Mar 202526 Blenheim Park Road South Croydon CR2 6BB
Received 14 Mar 2025224 Norbury Avenue Thornton Heath CR7 8AJ
Received 14 Mar 2025156 Hayes Lane Kenley CR8 5HQ
Received 14 Mar 20253 Witley Crescent Croydon CR0 0RQ
Received 14 Mar 202513 Brighton Road Coulsdon CR5 2BF
Received 14 Mar 202513 Brighton Road Coulsdon CR5 2BF
Received 14 Mar 202591 Shirley Road Croydon CR0 7LQ
Received 14 Mar 2025175 Brigstock Road Thornton Heath CR7 7JP
Received 14 Mar 2025Flat 1 1 Stanger Road South Norwood London SE25 5JU
Received 14 Mar 202515 Beech Way South Croydon CR2 8QR
Received 14 Mar 202522 Langland Gardens Croydon CR0 8DW
Received 14 Mar 2025118 Canterbury Road Croydon CR0 3HA
Received 14 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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