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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.
4,198 approved · 957 refused · 125 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
58 Maywater Close South Croydon CR2 0RS
Received 30 Apr 20253 Holmewood Road South Norwood London SE25 6UZ
Received 30 Apr 202523 Box Ridge Avenue Purley CR8 3AS
Received 30 Apr 202521 Woodmere Gardens Croydon CR0 7PL
Received 30 Apr 2025Holland Court 15 Woodplace Lane Coulsdon CR5 1NE
Received 30 Apr 202581 Melfort Road Thornton Heath CR7 7RT
Received 1 May 202564 Woodcote Grove Road Coulsdon CR5 2AD
Received 1 May 202513 Lichfield Way South Croydon CR2 8SD
Received 1 May 202519 Wyvern Road Purley CR8 2NQ
Received 1 May 2025159 Brigstock Road Thornton Heath CR7 7JP
Received 1 May 202585 Northampton Road Croydon CR0 7HD
Received 2 May 2025South Riding 16A Hook Hill South Croydon CR2 0LA
Received 2 May 2025113 Cobden Road South Norwood London SE25 5NU
Received 2 May 202527 Kingswood Lane Warlingham CR6 9AB
Received 2 May 2025419 Wickham Road Croydon CR0 8DP
Received 2 May 202599 Hermitage Road Upper Norwood London SE19 3QL
Received 2 May 202541 Thorneloe Gardens Croydon CR0 4EQ
Received 2 May 2025St John The Evangelist Church Canon's Hill Coulsdon CR5 1HA
Received 2 May 2025Development Site At 176 - 178 Orchard Way Croydon CR0 7NN
Received 2 May 2025Unit 25 Tait Road Industrial Estate Tait Road Croydon CR0 2DP
Received 2 May 2025Unit 25 Tait Road Industrial Estate Tait Road Croydon CR0 2DP
Received 2 May 202524 Whitehall Road Thornton Heath CR7 6AE
Received 2 May 20252 Mickleham Way Croydon CR0 0PN
Received 5 May 2025Flat 26 Varis Court 8 Station Approach Road Coulsdon CR5 2FG
Received 5 May 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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