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4,190 approved · 956 refused · 125 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
294 Green Lane Norbury London SW16 3BA
Received 28 Apr 2025404 Coulsdon Road Coulsdon CR5 1EF
Received 28 Apr 20252A Kidderminster Road Croydon CR0 2UE
Received 28 Apr 2025Noel Court 23 Grenaby Road Croydon CR0 2EJ
Received 28 Apr 202544 The Netherlands Coulsdon CR5 1ND
Received 28 Apr 202518 The Grove Coulsdon CR5 2BH
Received 29 Apr 202518 The Grove Coulsdon CR5 2BH
Received 29 Apr 202518 The Grove Coulsdon CR5 2BH
Received 29 Apr 202518 The Grove Coulsdon CR5 2BH
Received 29 Apr 202518 Church Road Upper Norwood London SE19 2ET
Received 29 Apr 20257 Grove Wood Hill Coulsdon CR5 2EN
Received 29 Apr 202568 Northway Road Croydon CR0 6JF
Received 29 Apr 2025Sanctum Apartments 74 Brighton Road Purley CR8 2LJ
Received 29 Apr 202544B Lansdowne Road Croydon CR0 2BD
Received 29 Apr 2025Development Site At 42 Welcomes Road Kenley CR8 5HD
Received 29 Apr 2025Peter Sylvester Centre 11 Bramley Hill South Croydon CR2 6LX
Received 29 Apr 2025217 Addington Road South Croydon CR2 8LQ
Received 29 Apr 2025217 Addington Road South Croydon CR2 8LQ
Received 29 Apr 20256 St Leonard's Road Croydon CR0 4BN
Received 29 Apr 202518 The Grove Coulsdon CR5 2BH
Received 29 Apr 2025Development Site Former Site Of 6 - 7 Beulah Crescent Thornton Heath CR7 8JL
Received 29 Apr 2025211 Norbury Avenue Thornton Heath CR7 8AB
Received 29 Apr 202572 Montpelier Road Purley CR8 2QA
Received 30 Apr 2025191 London Road Croydon CR0 2RJ
Received 30 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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