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.
4,223 approved · 967 refused · 125 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
38 Oval Road Croydon CR0 6BJ
Received 19 May 20256 Pollards Hill East Norbury London SW16 4UT
Received 19 May 202527 Martin Close South Croydon CR2 8QS
Received 19 May 202532A Manor Way Purley CR8 3BH
Received 20 May 202580 Hermitage Road Upper Norwood London SE19 3JS
Received 20 May 202560 Welcomes Road Kenley CR8 5HD
Received 20 May 202517 Ash Tree Way Croydon CR0 7SU
Received 20 May 2025Land Rear Of 13 To 73 Stafford Road Duppas Hill Road Croydon
Received 20 May 2025118 Foxley Lane Purley CR8 3NB
Received 20 May 2025Crown Point Beulah Hill Upper Norwood London SE19 3NF
Received 20 May 2025118A Foxley Lane Purley CR8 3NB
Received 20 May 2025Ground Floor 31 Elgin Road Croydon CR0 6XD
Received 20 May 2025New Life Christian Centre 5 Cairo New Road Croydon CR0 1XP
Received 20 May 20252 Welcomes Road Kenley CR8 5HD
Received 20 May 2025Whitgift School Nottingham Road South Croydon CR2 6YT
Received 20 May 2025Centrale Car Park Tamworth Road Croydon CR0 1TY
Received 20 May 2025109 Church Road Upper Norwood London SE19 2PR
Received 20 May 20251 Melrose Road Coulsdon CR5 3JH
Received 20 May 20251 Wharncliffe Gardens South Norwood London SE25 6DG
Received 21 May 202523 Whitehorse Lane South Norwood London SE25 6RD
Received 21 May 20251A Brighton Road South Croydon CR2 6EA
Received 21 May 2025Ash Villas 86 Bradmore Way Coulsdon CR5 1PB
Received 21 May 2025275 Addiscombe Road Croydon CR0 7HY
Received 21 May 202516 Elgin Road Croydon CR0 6XA
Received 21 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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