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.
4,173 approved · 952 refused · 125 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Norfolk House Promenade De Verdun Purley CR8 3LN
Received 11 Apr 2025118 Foxley Lane Purley CR8 3NB
Received 11 Apr 2025118A Foxley Lane Purley CR8 3NB
Received 11 Apr 20253 Croham Close South Croydon CR2 0DA
Received 14 Apr 2025129 Violet Lane Croydon CR0 4HL
Received 14 Apr 20254A The Drive Coulsdon CR5 2BL
Received 14 Apr 20254 The Drive Coulsdon CR5 2BL
Received 14 Apr 2025Cavourne Firs Road Kenley CR8 5LG
Received 14 Apr 20255 Annesley Drive Croydon CR0 8QX
Received 14 Apr 202523 Broadway Close South Croydon CR2 9EP
Received 14 Apr 20256 The Rosery Croydon CR0 7SQ
Received 14 Apr 20257 Windmill Place Coulsdon Croydon CR5 1FB
Received 14 Apr 202513 Highwood Close Kenley CR8 5HW
Received 14 Apr 2025Basement 304 - 306 Bensham Lane Thornton Heath CR7 7EQ
Received 14 Apr 202536 Frith Road Croydon CR0 1TA
Received 14 Apr 2025304 - 306 Bensham Lane Thornton Heath CR7 7EQ
Received 14 Apr 2025Land Adjacent To Rear Of 47 Bynes Road South Croydon CR2 0PY
Received 14 Apr 2025164 Pampisford Road South Croydon CR2 6DA
Received 15 Apr 2025304 - 306 Bensham Lane Thornton Heath CR7 7EQ
Received 15 Apr 202544 Warren Avenue South Croydon CR2 8HU
Received 15 Apr 202519 Braemar Avenue Thornton Heath CR7 7RJ
Received 16 Apr 20257A Gatestone Road Upper Norwood London SE19 3AT
Received 16 Apr 20255A Gatestone Road Upper Norwood London SE19 3AT
Received 16 Apr 202580 Dunbar Avenue Norbury London SW16 4SD
Received 16 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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