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.
4,122 approved · 937 refused · 124 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Development Site At 10A The Drive Coulsdon CR5 2BL
Received 18 Mar 202567 The Glade Croydon CR0 7QJ
Received 18 Mar 202516 Southern Avenue South Norwood London SE25 4BT
Received 18 Mar 202510 Groveland Avenue Norbury London SW16 3BD
Received 19 Mar 2025Tudor House 4 Birdhurst Road South Croydon CR2 7EA
Received 19 Mar 2025Elizabeth Cottage 63 Portland Road South Norwood London SE25 4UN
Received 19 Mar 202544 Copse Avenue West Wickham BR4 9NR
Received 18 Mar 202524 Winchelsey Rise South Croydon CR2 7BN
Received 19 Mar 202536 Hillcrest Road Whyteleafe CR3 0DJ
Received 19 Mar 202532 Oakfield Road Croydon CR0 2UA
Received 19 Mar 202577 The Lindens Field Way Croydon CR0 9EL
Received 19 Mar 2025Waddon Leisure Centre 451 Purley Way Croydon CR0 4RG
Received 19 Mar 202549, 51 And 51A Shirley Road Croydon CR0 7ER
Received 19 Mar 202512 Rosedene Avenue Croydon CR0 3DN
Received 19 Mar 20256 Marshall Close South Croydon CR2 9ED
Received 19 Mar 2025138 Handcroft Road Croydon CR0 3LE
Received 19 Mar 202545 Kendall Avenue South South Croydon CR2 0QR
Received 20 Mar 2025Street Record Cane Hill Drive Coulsdon Croydon
Received 20 Mar 202518 Woodcote Lane Purley CR8 3HA
Received 20 Mar 20251 Abingdon Road Norbury London SW16 5QP
Received 20 Mar 202521 Le Chateau 18 Chatsworth Road Croydon CR0 1HA
Received 20 Mar 2025116 Crowther Road South Norwood London SE25 5QS
Received 20 Mar 2025932 Brighton Road Purley CR8 2LP
Received 20 Mar 2025South Norwood Methodist Church Suffolk Road South Norwood London SE25 6EG
Received 20 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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