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.
4,127 approved · 938 refused · 125 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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 Abbots Green Croydon CR0 5BH
Received 25 Mar 2025Fire Station 2 Long Lane Croydon CR0 7AL
Received 25 Mar 20257A The Bridle Road Purley CR8 3JB
Received 25 Mar 20257 The Bridle Road Purley CR8 3JB
Received 25 Mar 2025Car Park Haynes Lane Upper Norwood London SE19 3AN
Received 25 Mar 202562 Selwood Road Croydon CR0 7JR
Received 25 Mar 202562 Selwood Road Croydon CR0 7JR
Received 25 Mar 2025158 Purley Downs Road South Croydon CR2 0RF
Received 25 Mar 20252 And 3 Abingdon Road Norbury London SW16 5QP
Received 25 Mar 2025Croydon Dental Care 60 - 62 Church Street Croydon CR0 1RB
Received 25 Mar 2025Land Adjacent To East Croydon Station And Land At Cherry Orchard Road, Cherry Orchard Gardens, Billington Hill, Croydon.
Received 25 Mar 202593 Woodcote Valley Road Purley CR8 3BG
Received 25 Mar 20254 Famet Gardens Kenley CR8 5AL
Received 25 Mar 202512 Dickenswood Close Upper Norwood London SE19 3LA
Received 25 Mar 20253 - 7 South End Croydon CR0 1BE
Received 25 Mar 20253 - 7 South End Croydon CR0 1BE
Received 25 Mar 202513 Christian Fields Norbury London SW16 3JY
Received 26 Mar 20256 Ashurst Walk Croydon CR0 7JX
Received 26 Mar 20255 Somerton Close Purley CR8 4BA
Received 24 Mar 202523 Canham Road South Norwood London SE25 6RZ
Received 26 Mar 2025Francesca Court 309A Brighton Road South Croydon CR2 6EQ
Received 26 Mar 2025152 Chipstead Valley Road Coulsdon CR5 3BB
Received 26 Mar 202516 Fairways Kenley CR8 5HY
Received 26 Mar 202557 Mitcham Road Croydon CR0 3RR
Received 26 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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