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.
4,144 approved · 942 refused · 125 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 4 Jan 2019 to 8 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 12 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Jessop House 5 Iron Railway Close Coulsdon Croydon CR5 3LR
Received 27 Mar 202518 Woodcote Lane Purley CR8 3HA
Received 27 Mar 2025Ground Floor Commercial Units Smitham Yard Leaden Hill Coulsdon CR5 2BQ
Received 27 Mar 202552 Manor Wood Road Purley CR8 4LE
Received 27 Mar 2025304 - 306 Bensham Lane Thornton Heath CR7 7EQ
Received 27 Mar 202549 Birchanger Road South Norwood London SE25 5BE
Received 28 Mar 2025Amstel High View Close Upper Norwood London SE19 2DS
Received 28 Mar 2025Land To The Rear Of 9 And 10 Fairoak Close Kenley CR8 5LJ
Received 28 Mar 202580 Woodlands Grove Coulsdon CR5 3AG
Received 28 Mar 202511 Briar Hill Purley CR8 3LF
Received 28 Mar 202525 Upfield Croydon CR0 5DR
Received 28 Mar 202511 Wontford Road Purley CR8 4BE
Received 28 Mar 202511 Anthony Road South Norwood London SE25 5HA
Received 28 Mar 20254 Manor Wood Road Purley CR8 4LE
Received 28 Mar 202558 Pemdevon Road Croydon CR0 3QN
Received 28 Mar 20251066 London Road Thornton Heath CR7 7ND
Received 28 Mar 202521 Liverpool Road Thornton Heath CR7 8LS
Received 28 Mar 202542 Mersham Road Thornton Heath CR7 8NP
Received 28 Mar 2025147 Stafford Road Croydon CR0 4NN
Received 28 Mar 202596 Portland Road South Norwood London SE25 4PJ
Received 28 Mar 202524 Church Hill Purley CR8 3QN
Received 28 Mar 202519 Morland Avenue Croydon CR0 6EA
Received 28 Mar 202532 Eskdale Gardens Purley CR8 1EZ
Received 28 Mar 20258 Ryecroft Road Norbury London SW16 3EG
Received 31 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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