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.
4,138 approved · 939 refused · 125 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
North Lodge Portnalls Road Coulsdon
Received 26 Mar 202510 Buller Road Thornton Heath CR7 8QU
Received 26 Mar 2025New Addington Leisure And Community Centre 88 Central Parade Croydon CR0 0JB
Received 26 Mar 2025Manston Lodge 286 - 288 Brigstock Road Thornton Heath CR7 7JE
Received 26 Mar 202517 Morland Road Croydon CR0 6HA
Received 26 Mar 202568 Norbury Avenue Thornton Heath CR7 8AE
Received 26 Mar 2025Flat 5 1 Cresswell Road South Norwood London SE25 4BG
Received 26 Mar 202555 Crowther Road South Norwood London SE25 5QR
Received 26 Mar 202518 Oakwood Avenue Purley CR8 1AQ
Received 26 Mar 2025147 Upper Selsdon Road South Croydon CR2 0DU
Received 27 Mar 202549 Grasmere Road Purley CR8 1DY
Received 27 Mar 202549 Grasmere Road Purley CR8 1DY
Received 27 Mar 202512 Alpine Close Croydon CR0 5UN
Received 27 Mar 202575 Park Lane Croydon CR9 1XS
Received 27 Mar 202547 Graham Road Purley CR8 2EN
Received 27 Mar 2025150 Beauchamp Road Upper Norwood London SE19 3DB
Received 27 Mar 202530A Plough Lane Purley CR8 3QA
Received 27 Mar 202520 Rectory Park South Croydon CR2 9JN
Received 27 Mar 202522 Rectory Park South Croydon CR2 9JN
Received 27 Mar 2025Ground Floor Rear 49 Chatsworth Road Croydon CR0 1HF
Received 27 Mar 202521 Lynwood Gardens Croydon CR0 4QH
Received 27 Mar 20251414 London Road Norbury London SW16 4BZ
Received 27 Mar 202571 Purley Downs Road South Croydon CR2 0RG
Received 27 Mar 2025132 Auckland Road Upper Norwood London SE19 2RQ
Received 27 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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