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.
4,273 approved · 984 refused · 125 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
2 The Spinney Purley CR8 1AB
Received 26 May 202557 - 59 Whitehorse Road Croydon CR0 2JG
Received 26 May 20256 Hadley Wood Rise Kenley CR8 5LY
Received 26 May 202544-46 Tamworth Road Croydon CR0 1XU
Received 26 May 2025167 Fairlands Avenue Thornton Heath CR7 6HJ
Received 26 May 2025Amenity Land Tidenham Gardens Croydon CR0 5UT
Received 27 May 202591 Grasmere Road Purley CR8 1DZ
Received 27 May 202526 Warham Road South Croydon CR2 6LA
Received 27 May 202511 Audley Drive Warlingham CR6 9AH
Received 27 May 202588 Riddlesdown Road Purley CR8 1DD
Received 27 May 202547 Darcy Road Norbury London SW16 4TZ
Received 27 May 2025110 Norbury Hill Norbury London SW16 3RT
Received 27 May 202595 Edridge Road Croydon CR0 1EJ
Received 27 May 202544 Galpins Road Thornton Heath CR7 6EB
Received 28 May 202510 Furze Lane Purley CR8 3EG
Received 28 May 2025184 Brighton Road Purley CR8 4HB
Received 28 May 202550 Welcomes Road Kenley CR8 5HD
Received 28 May 2025635 Mitcham Road Croydon CR0 3AF
Received 28 May 2025132 St Andrews Road Coulsdon CR5 3HE
Received 28 May 202511 Donald Road Croydon CR0 3EQ
Received 28 May 202522 Wandle Road Croydon CR0 1DB
Received 28 May 2025Kingsmeade Court 225 Selhurst Road South Norwood London SE25 6XD
Received 28 May 2025118 Coleridge Road Croydon CR0 7BR
Received 28 May 2025128A Southbridge Road Croydon CR0 1AF
Received 28 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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