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.
4,215 approved · 964 refused · 125 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
34A Arkwright Road South Croydon CR2 0LL
Received 14 May 2025Croindene Court 38 Bramley Hill South Croydon CR2 6NR
Received 14 May 2025197 Church Road Upper Norwood London SE19 2PS
Received 15 May 202553 Norhyrst Avenue South Norwood London SE25 4BY
Received 15 May 20256 Riesco Drive Croydon CR0 5RS
Received 15 May 20254 Riesco Drive Croydon CR0 5RS
Received 15 May 202597 Wentworth Way South Croydon CR2 9EZ
Received 15 May 202529 Campden Road South Croydon CR2 7ER
Received 15 May 202577 Stratford Road Thornton Heath CR7 7QL
Received 15 May 2025Land Rear Of 29 To 33 Avondale Road South Croydon
Received 15 May 2025Ryewood House 19 Purley Rise Purley CR8 3AW
Received 15 May 2025Salmons Court 12 Seneca Road Thornton Heath CR7 7RA
Received 15 May 2025197 Church Road Upper Norwood London SE19 2PS
Received 15 May 202583 London Road Croydon CR0 2RF
Received 15 May 2025262 Woodmansterne Road London SW16 5UA
Received 16 May 2025Rear Of 156 - 180 Addington Road South Croydon CR2 8LB
Received 7 May 202569 Wharfedale Gardens Thornton Heath CR7 6LE
Received 16 May 202558 The Ridge Way South Croydon CR2 0LF
Received 16 May 202511 - 21 Banstead Road Purley CR8 3EU
Received 16 May 202517 Briar Hill Purley CR8 3LF
Received 16 May 2025115 Briar Avenue Norbury London SW16 3AG
Received 16 May 202516 Woodside Road Purley CR8 4LN
Received 16 May 202543 Welcomes Road Kenley CR8 5HA
Received 16 May 2025Development Site Former Site Of Queens Arms 40 Portland Road South Norwood London
Received 16 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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