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4,122 approved · 937 refused · 124 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
47A Foxley Lane Purley CR8 3EH
Received 20 Mar 202541 Oakwood Avenue Purley CR8 1AR
Received 20 Mar 202512 Fairlands Avenue Thornton Heath CR7 6HA
Received 21 Mar 2025Land Rear Of 13 To 73 Stafford Road Duppas Hill Road Croydon
Received 21 Mar 202512 Fairlands Avenue Thornton Heath CR7 6HA
Received 21 Mar 2025Rear Of 35 & 37 Croham Valley Road South Croydon CR2 7JF
Received 21 Mar 202564 Bradmore Way Coulsdon CR5 1PB
Received 21 Mar 202578 Chartham Road South Norwood London SE25 4HP
Received 21 Mar 202580 Portnalls Road Coulsdon CR5 3DE
Received 21 Mar 202578 Chartham Road South Norwood London SE25 4HP
Received 21 Mar 202562 Lower Addiscombe Road Croydon CR0 6AB
Received 21 Mar 202562 Lower Addiscombe Road Croydon CR0 6AB
Received 21 Mar 202552 Bensham Lane Croydon CR0 2RR
Received 21 Mar 20258 Kersey Drive South Croydon CR2 8SX
Received 21 Mar 20255 Turnstone Close South Croydon CR2 8SP
Received 21 Mar 20255 Turnstone Close South Croydon CR2 8SP
Received 21 Mar 2025Willis Court 2 Dunheved Road North Thornton Heath CR7 6AH
Received 21 Mar 20256 Purley Rise Purley CR8 3AU
Received 21 Mar 202537 Whitehorse Lane South Norwood London SE25 6RD
Received 21 Mar 2025Former New Addington Leisure Centre 88 Central Parade Croydon CR0 0JB
Received 21 Mar 20255 Sanderstead Court Avenue South Croydon CR2 9AU
Received 21 Mar 202539 Mead Way Coulsdon CR5 1PP
Received 21 Mar 202553A Warminster Road South Norwood London SE25 4DQ
Received 21 Mar 202580 Ingram Road Thornton Heath CR7 8ED
Received 24 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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