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.
4,154 approved · 950 refused · 125 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
73 Whitehorse Road Croydon CR0 2JG
Received 2 Apr 202529A Auckland Road Upper Norwood London SE19 2DR
Received 2 Apr 202558 - 60 Westow Hill Upper Norwood London SE19 1RX
Received 2 Apr 202583 Melrose Avenue Norbury London SW16 4RU
Received 2 Apr 2025294 Mitcham Road Croydon CR0 3JN
Received 2 Apr 2025294 Mitcham Road Croydon CR0 3JN
Received 3 Apr 202514 Keston Road Thornton Heath CR7 6BS
Received 3 Apr 2025125 Norfolk Avenue South Croydon CR2 8BY
Received 3 Apr 20257 Windmill Place Coulsdon Croydon CR5 1FB
Received 3 Apr 202512 Eversley Way Croydon CR0 8QR
Received 3 Apr 2025303-305 Norbury Avenue Norbury London SW16 3RW
Received 3 Apr 2025152 Pampisford Road South Croydon CR2 6DA
Received 3 Apr 2025Fire Station 2 Long Lane Croydon CR0 7AL
Received 3 Apr 202529 Windmill Road Croydon CR0 2XR
Received 3 Apr 2025266 Davidson Road Croydon CR0 6DF
Received 3 Apr 2025245 Parchmore Road Thornton Heath CR7 8HH
Received 4 Apr 2025214 Lower Addiscombe Road Croydon CR0 7AB
Received 4 Apr 202516 Elgin Road Croydon CR0 6XA
Received 4 Apr 2025Bangalore Bedwardine Road Upper Norwood London SE19 3AY
Received 4 Apr 2025108 Downs Road Coulsdon CR5 1AE
Received 4 Apr 2025Development Site At 176 - 178 Orchard Way Croydon CR0 7NN
Received 4 Apr 2025150 Gloucester Road Croydon CR0 2DF
Received 4 Apr 2025Existing EE Mast Croydon Sports Arena Albert Road South Norwood London SE25 4QL
Received 4 Apr 202515 Woodcote Lane Purley CR8 3HB
Received 4 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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