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.
4,190 approved · 954 refused · 125 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
37 Byron Road South Croydon CR2 8DZ
Received 22 Apr 2025100 Crowley Crescent Croydon CR0 4ED
Received 23 Apr 202529 Sidney Road South Norwood London SE25 5NB
Received 23 Apr 2025Furze Court 9 Ashburton Road Croydon CR0 6AP
Received 23 Apr 20255 Rushmead Close Croydon CR0 5JG
Received 23 Apr 202520 Kenley Gardens Thornton Heath CR7 7DD
Received 23 Apr 202520 Kenley Gardens Thornton Heath CR7 7DD
Received 23 Apr 202524 Firsby Avenue Croydon CR0 8TL
Received 23 Apr 202566 Beaumont Road Purley CR8 2EG
Received 23 Apr 202516 Woodlands Grove Coulsdon CR5 3AJ
Received 23 Apr 2025Augustus Court 205 Church Road Upper Norwood London SE19 2QP
Received 23 Apr 20254 Waterworks Cottages Featherbed Lane Croydon CR0 9AA
Received 23 Apr 202541 Croft Road Norbury London SW16 3NG
Received 23 Apr 202528 Haslemere Road Thornton Heath CR7 7BE
Received 24 Apr 20252A Kidderminster Road Croydon CR0 2UE
Received 24 Apr 2025111 - 113 Brighton Road South Croydon CR2 6EE
Received 24 Apr 202554 Church Road Upper Norwood London SE19 2EZ
Received 24 Apr 2025Junction Of Walburton Road And Woodcote Park Avenue Purley
Received 24 Apr 202562 Wharfedale Gardens Thornton Heath CR7 6LB
Received 24 Apr 202516 Hurnford Close South Croydon CR2 0AN
Received 24 Apr 20251 Holmesdale Road Croydon CR0 2LR
Received 24 Apr 202530 County Road Thornton Heath CR7 8HN
Received 24 Apr 2025Land Rear Of 13 To 73 Stafford Road Duppas Hill Road Croydon
Received 24 Apr 2025160 Riddlesdown Road Purley CR8 1DF
Received 24 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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