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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.
4,150 approved · 950 refused · 125 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Land R/O 40 - 42 Beulah Road Thornton Heath CR7 8JE
Received 31 Mar 2025Remy Court 17 South Park Hill Road South Croydon CR2 7DY
Received 31 Mar 202522 - 24 Chipstead Valley Road Coulsdon CR5 2RA
Received 31 Mar 202548 Selwood Road Croydon CR0 7JR
Received 1 Apr 2025Land Off Portnalls Road Coulsdon Croydon CR5 3JX
Received 1 Apr 20259 The South Border Purley CR8 3LL
Received 1 Apr 202523 The Waldrons Croydon CR0 4HB
Received 1 Apr 202571 Teevan Road Croydon CR0 6RQ
Received 1 Apr 202517 Whitehall Road Thornton Heath CR7 6AF
Received 1 Apr 2025220 - 222 Portland Road South Norwood London SE25 4QB
Received 1 Apr 20258 Oaklands Gardens Kenley CR8 5DS
Received 1 Apr 2025188 - 190 Addington Road South Croydon CR2 8LB
Received 1 Apr 2025Rear Of 59 - 62 High Street South Norwood London SE25 6EF
Received 1 Apr 2025Swift Centre 41 Imperial Way Croydon CR0 4RL
Received 1 Apr 2025Rochester Court 6 Avenue Road South Norwood London SE25 4EL
Received 2 Apr 202526 Gloucester Road Croydon CR0 2DA
Received 2 Apr 202537 Montpelier Road Purley CR8 2QF
Received 2 Apr 202554 Maywater Close South Croydon CR2 0RS
Received 2 Apr 20253 Harman Place Purley CR8 1AX
Received 2 Apr 202592 Kensington Avenue Thornton Heath CR7 8BZ
Received 2 Apr 20257 Woodcote Lane Purley CR8 3HB
Received 2 Apr 2025112A Crowther Road South Norwood London SE25 5QS
Received 2 Apr 202520 Swinburne Crescent Croydon CR0 7BY
Received 2 Apr 202512 Craignish Avenue Norbury London SW16 4RN
Received 2 Apr 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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