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.
4,182 approved · 954 refused · 125 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
209 - 213 Lower Addiscombe Road Croydon CR0 6RB
Received 18 Apr 20253 Bigginwood Road Norbury London SW16 3RY
Received 18 Apr 2025Flat 3 Norwood Grove Mansion 5 Copgate Path Norbury London SW16 3EA
Received 18 Apr 2025156 Canterbury Road Croydon CR0 3HE
Received 21 Apr 2025112 Grange Park Road Thornton Heath CR7 8QB
Received 21 Apr 202541 Hillcote Avenue Norbury London SW16 3BH
Received 21 Apr 202522 North Down South Croydon CR2 9PA
Received 21 Apr 2025First And Second Floor 2 The Arcade 32 - 34 High Street Croydon CR0 1YB
Received 21 Apr 20254 Upfield Croydon CR0 5DP
Received 21 Apr 2025110 Kynaston Avenue Thornton Heath CR7 7BW
Received 21 Apr 202528 Harold Road Upper Norwood London SE19 3PL
Received 21 Apr 202522 Park Road Kenley CR8 5AQ
Received 21 Apr 20258 Ringwood Avenue Croydon CR0 3DU
Received 21 Apr 2025The Cedars 147 Central Hill Upper Norwood London SE19 1RS
Received 21 Apr 202510 Jarvis Road South Croydon CR2 6HU
Received 22 Apr 2025120 Northborough Road Norbury London SW16 4AZ
Received 22 Apr 2025102 Fairholme Road Croydon CR0 3PH
Received 22 Apr 20257A Downs Court Road Purley CR8 1BE
Received 22 Apr 2025Presbytery 372 Coulsdon Road Coulsdon CR5 1EF
Received 22 Apr 2025The Cottage 197 Church Road Upper Norwood London SE19 2PS
Received 22 Apr 2025Flat 1 58 Brook Road Thornton Heath CR7 7RB
Received 22 Apr 202520 Rectory Park South Croydon CR2 9JN
Received 22 Apr 202522 Rectory Park South Croydon CR2 9JN
Received 22 Apr 20256 East Hill South Croydon CR2 0AL
Received 22 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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