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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.
4,203 approved · 961 refused · 125 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Spindlewood Farm Drive Purley CR8 3LP
Received 7 May 2025Development Site Former Site Of Stonewest House Lambert's Place Croydon CR0 2BR
Received 7 May 2025198 - 200 Addington Road South Croydon CR2 8LD
Received 7 May 202510 Lawford Gardens Kenley CR8 5JJ
Received 7 May 2025394 Lower Addiscombe Road Croydon CR0 7AG
Received 7 May 202553 Malcolm Road South Norwood London SE25 5HE
Received 7 May 202590 Gravel Hill Croydon CR0 5BE
Received 8 May 2025149 Beckford Road Croydon CR0 6HZ
Received 8 May 2025Rear Of 35 & 37 Croham Valley Road South Croydon CR2 7JF
Received 8 May 2025Garage And Store Adjoining 1 Grecian Crescent Upper Norwood London
Received 8 May 2025110 Hayes Lane Kenley CR8 5HR
Received 8 May 202510 Clyde Avenue South Croydon CR2 9DS
Received 8 May 202585 Blenheim Park Road South Croydon CR2 6BH
Received 8 May 2025Flat 5 83 South Norwood Hill South Norwood London SE25 6BY
Received 8 May 2025Ruskin House 23 Coombe Road Croydon CR0 1BD
Received 8 May 2025Harris Primary Academy Croydon Thomson Crescent Croydon CR0 3JT
Received 8 May 20259 Fell Road Croydon CR0 1LL
Received 8 May 2025Hampton Hawkhirst Road Kenley CR8 5DL
Received 8 May 202566 Zion Road Thornton Heath CR7 8RG
Received 8 May 2025Flat 1 69 Gonville Road Thornton Heath CR7 6DF
Received 8 May 202556 The Crossways Coulsdon CR5 1LD
Received 8 May 2025Ground Floor Shop 69 Whitehorse Road Croydon CR0 2JG
Received 8 May 2025Land Rear Of 84 Cross Road Croydon CR0 6TB
Received 9 May 202522 Rylandes Road South Croydon CR2 8EA
Received 9 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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