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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.
4,215 approved · 964 refused · 125 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
66 Beaumont Road Purley CR8 2EG
Received 16 May 202521 Brigstock Road Thornton Heath CR7 7JJ
Received 16 May 2025203 Church Road Upper Norwood London SE19 2PS
Received 19 May 202515 Fullerton Road Croydon CR0 6JD
Received 19 May 2025321 Norbury Avenue Norbury London SW16 3RW
Received 19 May 2025143 Markfield Court Wood Lane Croydon CR0 9HQ
Received 19 May 202566 Harewood Gardens South Croydon CR2 9BJ
Received 19 May 202542 Orleans Road Upper Norwood London SE19 3TA
Received 19 May 2025109 Shirley Way Croydon CR0 8PN
Received 19 May 2025225 Norbury Avenue Thornton Heath CR7 8AB
Received 19 May 202540 Briar Avenue Norbury London SW16 3AA
Received 19 May 202526 Leighton Gardens South Croydon CR2 9DY
Received 19 May 2025161 Cecil Road Croydon CR0 3BQ
Received 19 May 202593 Belmont Road South Norwood London SE25 4QG
Received 19 May 202593 Belmont Road South Norwood London SE25 4QG
Received 19 May 2025Thames Water Waddon Way Croydon CR0 4HY
Received 16 May 2025Unit 1 500 Purley Way Croydon CR0 4NZ
Received 19 May 20259 Wyvell Close Croydon Croydon CR0 7DY
Received 19 May 2025Land Rear Of 13 To 73 Stafford Road Duppas Hill Road Croydon
Received 19 May 2025139 Cherry Orchard Road Croydon CR0 6BF
Received 19 May 202579 South Norwood Hill South Norwood London SE25 6BY
Received 19 May 2025Kingfisher Court 12 Wandle Road Croydon CR0 1BW
Received 19 May 2025Offices Above 42 - 44 George Street Croydon CR0 1PB
Received 19 May 2025Meridian High School Fairchildes Avenue Croydon CR0 0AH
Received 19 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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