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4,113 approved · 934 refused · 124 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
13 Harewood Road South Croydon CR2 7AT
Received 14 Mar 20253 Bradley Road Upper Norwood London SE19 3NT
Received 17 Mar 2025Rear Of 110 Riddlesdown Road Purley CR8 1DD
Received 17 Mar 202545 Dominion Road Croydon CR0 6JP
Received 17 Mar 202513 Harewood Road South Croydon CR2 7AT
Received 17 Mar 2025St Johns Rectory 232 Coulsdon Road Coulsdon CR5 1EA
Received 17 Mar 202558 Maywater Close South Croydon CR2 0RS
Received 17 Mar 202539 The Ridgeway Croydon CR0 4AD
Received 17 Mar 202518 Long Lane Croydon CR0 7AN
Received 17 Mar 2025404 Coulsdon Road Coulsdon CR5 1EF
Received 17 Mar 2025The Shoestring Theatre Oakley Road South Norwood London SE25 4XG
Received 17 Mar 202588 Parkway Croydon CR0 0LA
Received 17 Mar 202518 Welcomes Road Kenley CR8 5HD
Received 17 Mar 202511 Bullfinch Road South Croydon CR2 8PU
Received 17 Mar 2025401 Mitcham Road Croydon CR0 3HQ
Received 17 Mar 202514 Chelsham Road South Croydon CR2 6HY
Received 17 Mar 2025NatWest Sports Ground Location , Land To The North Of Turle Road, Streatham, London
Received 17 Mar 2025Sunley House 4 Bedford Park Croydon CR0 2AP
Received 14 Mar 20253 Stapleton Gardens Croydon CR0 4DS
Received 17 Mar 202521 Valley Walk Croydon CR0 8SR
Received 17 Mar 202543 Friends Road Croydon CR0 1ED
Received 17 Mar 2025101 Bradmore Way Coulsdon CR5 1PE
Received 17 Mar 202553 Covington Way Norbury London SW16 3SG
Received 17 Mar 20257 Elliott Road Thornton Heath CR7 7QA
Received 17 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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