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.
4,176 approved · 952 refused · 125 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
155 Tylecroft Road Norbury London SW16 4BJ
Received 16 Apr 202523 Thornhill Road Croydon CR0 2XZ
Received 16 Apr 2025Development Site At 35 Whitehorse Road Croydon CR0 2JG
Received 16 Apr 2025249 Norbury Avenue Norbury London SW16 3RN
Received 16 Apr 202517 Convent Hill Upper Norwood London SE19 3QY
Received 16 Apr 202530 Canning Road Croydon CR0 6QD
Received 16 Apr 2025840 London Road Thornton Heath CR7 7PA
Received 16 Apr 202561 Chevening Road Upper Norwood London SE19 3TD
Received 16 Apr 202555 Upfield Croydon CR0 5DS
Received 16 Apr 2025Former New Addington Leisure Centre New Addington Croydon Surrey
Received 16 Apr 20257 Woodfield Close Upper Norwood London SE19 3EN
Received 16 Apr 2025Taunton Farm Taunton Lane Coulsdon CR5 1SH
Received 16 Apr 2025Al Khair School 109 - 121 Cherry Orchard Road Croydon CR0 6BE
Received 16 Apr 202562B High Street Croydon CR0 1NA
Received 16 Apr 2025103 Whitehorse Lane South Norwood London SE25 6RA
Received 16 Apr 2025304 - 306 Bensham Lane Thornton Heath CR7 7EQ
Received 16 Apr 20251 High Beech South Croydon CR2 7QB
Received 17 Apr 202519 Cullesden Road Kenley CR8 5LR
Received 17 Apr 202541 Valley Road Kenley CR8 5DJ
Received 17 Apr 202563B Brighton Road South Croydon CR2 6EE
Received 17 Apr 202511 - 21 Banstead Road Purley CR8 3EB
Received 17 Apr 202510 Woodcote Drive Purley CR8 3PD
Received 17 Apr 2025311 - 313 Lower Addiscombe Road Croydon CR0 6RF
Received 17 Apr 202513 Tandridge Gardens South Croydon CR2 9HW
Received 17 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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