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.
4,145 approved · 942 refused · 125 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Basement Floor, Henry Howell House 31 Chaucer Gardens Coulsdon Croydon CR5 3LW
Received 31 Mar 202576 Warminster Road South Norwood London SE25 4DQ
Received 31 Mar 202521 Sandfield Road Thornton Heath CR7 8AW
Received 31 Mar 202572 Nightingale Road South Croydon CR2 8PT
Received 31 Mar 202552 Green Lane Thornton Heath CR7 8BD
Received 31 Mar 2025102 Addiscombe Court Road Croydon CR0 6TS
Received 31 Mar 2025Brooklyn 12 Uplands Road Kenley CR8 5EF
Received 31 Mar 202567 Highbarrow Road Croydon CR0 6LD
Received 31 Mar 202579 Alderton Road Croydon CR0 6HL
Received 31 Mar 20257 Buckingham Gardens Thornton Heath CR7 8AT
Received 31 Mar 202512 Wisborough Road South Croydon CR2 0DR
Received 31 Mar 202542 Virginia Road Thornton Heath CR7 8EJ
Received 31 Mar 202528 Chapman Road Croydon CR0 3NU
Received 31 Mar 202565 Woodmansterne Road Coulsdon CR5 2DH
Received 31 Mar 202512 Livingstone Road Thornton Heath CR7 8JT
Received 31 Mar 2025Land North Of Warbank Social Club Layhams Road Keston BR2 6AR
Received 28 Mar 202513 Salcot Crescent Croydon CR0 0JJ
Received 31 Mar 202560 Oakfield Road Croydon CR0 2UB
Received 31 Mar 202544 Grant Road Croydon CR0 6PG
Received 31 Mar 2025118 Coombe Lane Croydon CR0 5RF
Received 31 Mar 2025High Stead 21 Witherby Close Croydon CR0 5SU
Received 31 Mar 2025Land At Purley Cross Retail Park Mill Lane Croydon CR0 4AA
Received 31 Mar 202512 Fairdene Road Coulsdon CR5 1RA
Received 31 Mar 202586 Kensington Avenue Thornton Heath CR7 8BZ
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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