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4,122 approved · 937 refused · 124 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
30 Warwick Road Coulsdon CR5 2EE
Received 24 Mar 20258 Elgin Road Croydon CR0 6XA
Received 24 Mar 20257 Oak Avenue Croydon CR0 8EN
Received 24 Mar 202536 Waddon Way Croydon CR0 4HU
Received 24 Mar 202559 Leander Road Thornton Heath CR7 6JZ
Received 24 Mar 202515 Russell Hill Purley CR8 2JB
Received 24 Mar 202517 Steyning Close Kenley CR8 5LP
Received 24 Mar 202564 Kingswood Way South Croydon CR2 8QQ
Received 24 Mar 2025131 Mitchley Avenue South Croydon CR2 9HP
Received 24 Mar 202535 Selsdon Road South Croydon CR2 6PY
Received 24 Mar 202556 Mardell Road Croydon CR0 7TG
Received 24 Mar 202556 Mardell Road Croydon CR0 7TG
Received 24 Mar 20258 Dennett Road Croydon CR0 3JA
Received 24 Mar 20251 Boundary Way Croydon CR0 5AU
Received 24 Mar 202528 Hartland Way Croydon CR0 8RF
Received 24 Mar 20251 Whitehall Road Thornton Heath CR7 6AF
Received 24 Mar 202526 And 28 Station Road South Norwood London SE25 5AG
Received 24 Mar 202529 Blacksmiths Hill South Croydon CR2 9AZ
Received 24 Mar 2025Development Site At 33 Purley Downs Road Purley CR8 1HA
Received 24 Mar 202522 Rectory Park South Croydon CR2 9JN
Received 24 Mar 2025Flat 3 25 Normanton Road South Croydon CR2 7AE
Received 24 Mar 202520 Rectory Park South Croydon CR2 9JN
Received 24 Mar 202517 Lebanon Road Croydon CR0 6UT
Received 24 Mar 2025105 Purley Downs Road South Croydon CR2 0RH
Received 25 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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