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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4,203 approved · 961 refused · 125 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
113 Pollards Hill South Norbury London SW16 4LS
Received 9 May 202575 Haling Park Road South Croydon CR2 6NN
Received 9 May 2025Development Site Formerly Gas Distribution Station Factory Lane Croydon CR0 3RL
Received 9 May 202557 - 59 Whitehorse Road Croydon CR0 2JG
Received 9 May 202524 Orchard Way Croydon CR0 7NG
Received 9 May 202568 Southbridge Road Croydon CR0 1AE
Received 9 May 202511 - 21 Banstead Road Purley CR8 3EU
Received 9 May 2025Addington Community Centre Central Parade Croydon
Received 12 May 202516 Virginia Road Thornton Heath CR7 8EG
Received 12 May 20253 Crowley Crescent Croydon CR0 4EE
Received 12 May 20255 Iris Close Croydon CR0 8XW
Received 12 May 2025208 Addiscombe Road Croydon CR0 7LB
Received 12 May 2025Heathfield Gardens Coombe Lane Croydon CR0 1EL
Received 12 May 2025Land R/o 48 Albert Road South Norwood London SE25 4JE
Received 12 May 202594 Oakley Road South Norwood London SE25 4XQ
Received 12 May 202594 Oakley Road South Norwood London SE25 4XQ
Received 12 May 20257 Harepit Close South Croydon CR2 6PN
Received 12 May 20251 Westdene Close Purley Croydon CR8 4FA
Received 12 May 2025Development Site At 316 Old Lodge Lane Purley CR8 4AQ
Received 12 May 20251 Normanton Road South Croydon CR2 7AE
Received 12 May 2025145 Purley Oaks Road South Croydon CR2 0NZ
Received 12 May 202544 Sanderstead Hill South Croydon CR2 0HA
Received 12 May 2025Rear Of 263 Addiscombe Road (fronting Northampton Road) Croydon CR0 7HX
Received 12 May 2025103 Church Way (Formerly Land Rear Of 7 - 9 Addington Road) South Croydon CR2 8RF
Received 12 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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