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.
4,167 approved · 950 refused · 125 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
50 The Netherlands Coulsdon CR5 1ND
Received 7 Apr 2025Flat 6 11 Hurst Road Croydon CR0 1JT
Received 7 Apr 202550 The Netherlands Coulsdon CR5 1ND
Received 7 Apr 2025135A North End Croydon CR0 1TN
Received 8 Apr 2025316 Old Lodge Lane Purley CR8 4AQ
Received 8 Apr 202515 Carlton Avenue South Croydon CR2 0BZ
Received 8 Apr 20251A Martin Crescent Croydon CR0 3JQ
Received 8 Apr 202515 Archer Road South Norwood London SE25 4JN
Received 8 Apr 202521 Keen's Road Croydon CR0 1AH
Received 8 Apr 2025Lychgate Pollards Crescent Norbury London SW16 4NX
Received 8 Apr 202523B Russell Hill Purley CR8 2JB
Received 8 Apr 202514 Ashling Road Croydon CR0 7DA
Received 8 Apr 202540A Morland Avenue Croydon CR0 6EA
Received 9 Apr 2025112 Westleigh Avenue Coulsdon CR5 3AB
Received 9 Apr 20251A Brighton Road South Croydon CR2 6EA
Received 9 Apr 202577 Stratford Road Thornton Heath CR7 7QL
Received 9 Apr 2025Crystal Palace Football Club Whitehorse Lane South Norwood London SE25 6PU
Received 9 Apr 202544 Byron Road South Croydon CR2 8DY
Received 9 Apr 202518 Chelsham Road South Croydon CR2 6HY
Received 9 Apr 202519A Stafford Road Croydon CR0 4NG
Received 9 Apr 202573 Portland Road South Norwood London SE25 4UN
Received 9 Apr 2025130 Waddon New Road Croydon CR0 4JF
Received 9 Apr 20255 Dornton Road South Croydon CR2 7DR
Received 9 Apr 202540 Glossop Road South Croydon CR2 0PU
Received 9 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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