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.
4,230 approved · 969 refused · 125 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
91 Foxley Lane Purley CR8 3HP
Received 22 May 202557 Kenmore Road Kenley CR8 5NW
Received 22 May 2025575 Davidson Road Croydon CR0 6DU
Received 23 May 2025Development Site At 48 Mitchley Hill South Croydon CR2 9HB
Received 23 May 2025The Shoestring Theatre Oakley Road South Norwood London SE25 4XG
Received 23 May 202513 Tandridge Gardens South Croydon CR2 9HW
Received 23 May 202512 Rosedene Avenue Croydon CR0 3DN
Received 23 May 202561 St James's Road Croydon CR0 2US
Received 23 May 20256 Julien Road Coulsdon CR5 2DN
Received 23 May 202521 Haling Park Road South Croydon CR2 6NJ
Received 23 May 2025Addington Village Inn 36 Addington Village Road Croydon CR0 5AQ
Received 23 May 202592 Northway Road Croydon CR0 6JF
Received 23 May 2025Land Rear Of 13 To 73 Stafford Road Duppas Hill Road Croydon
Received 23 May 202515 Brafferton Road Croydon CR0 1AD
Received 23 May 2025Braeside 240 Sanderstead Road South Croydon CR2 0AJ
Received 23 May 2025381 Holmesdale Road South Norwood London SE25 6PN
Received 23 May 2025Cullesden Firs Road Kenley CR8 5LH
Received 23 May 202510 Groveland Avenue Norbury London SW16 3BD
Received 23 May 20259 Tree View Close Upper Norwood London SE19 2QT
Received 26 May 2025249 Green Lane Norbury London SW16 3LY
Received 26 May 20259 Hurst Way South Croydon CR2 7AP
Received 26 May 2025146 Ridge Langley South Croydon CR2 0AS
Received 26 May 20256 Elstan Way Croydon CR0 7PQ
Received 26 May 20251 Gainsborough Drive South Croydon CR2 9AX
Received 26 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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