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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.
4,230 approved · 969 refused · 125 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
16 Elgin Road Croydon CR0 6XA
Received 21 May 2025646 Mitcham Road Croydon CR0 3AA
Received 21 May 202516 Elgin Road Croydon CR0 6XA
Received 21 May 20253 Lynwood Gardens Croydon CR0 4QH
Received 21 May 20251 Lynwood Gardens Croydon CR0 4QH
Received 21 May 202553A Warminster Road South Norwood London SE25 4DQ
Received 21 May 2025Land At Premier Inn Croydon South 104 Coombe Road Croydon CR0 5RB
Received 21 May 2025Whitgift School Nottingham Road South Croydon CR2 6YT
Received 21 May 2025Whitgift School Nottingham Road South Croydon CR2 6YT
Received 21 May 202560 And Land R/O 62 And 62A Beulah Hill Upper Norwood London SE19 3EW
Received 21 May 202549 Norbury Crescent Norbury London SW16 4JS
Received 21 May 202530 - 32 South End Croydon CR0 1DN
Received 21 May 202520 Kingsdown Avenue South Croydon CR2 6QF
Received 21 May 202564 Selsdon Road South Croydon CR2 6PE
Received 21 May 202518 Howden Road South Norwood London SE25 4AS
Received 21 May 202519 Woodend Upper Norwood London SE19 3NU
Received 21 May 202544 Limpsfield Road South Croydon CR2 9EA
Received 22 May 202558 - 60 Westow Hill Upper Norwood London SE19 1RX
Received 22 May 202558 - 60 Westow Hill Upper Norwood London SE19 1RX
Received 22 May 20251 Holland Court 15 Woodplace Lane Coulsdon CR5 1NE
Received 22 May 202532 Coombe Road Croydon CR0 1BP
Received 22 May 20255 Amersham Road Croydon CR0 2QJ
Received 22 May 20255 Amersham Road Croydon CR0 2QJ
Received 22 May 2025Satin Heights 9B Haydn Avenue Purley CR8 4AG
Received 22 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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