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4,273 approved · 984 refused · 125 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
135 Biggin Hill Upper Norwood London SE19 3HX
Received 29 May 202566 Penshurst Road Thornton Heath CR7 7EB
Received 29 May 202561 Brigstock Road Thornton Heath CR7 7JH
Received 29 May 2025245 Violet Lane Croydon CR0 4HN
Received 29 May 2025235 Dunley Drive Croydon CR0 0RW
Received 29 May 202535 Dingwall Road Croydon CR9 2EF
Received 29 May 202553 Melville Avenue South Croydon CR2 7HZ
Received 29 May 20252 Hook Hill South Croydon CR2 0LA
Received 29 May 202560 Foxley Road Thornton Heath CR7 7DT
Received 29 May 2025136 Auckland Road Upper Norwood London SE19 2RQ
Received 29 May 20257 Westwood Road Coulsdon CR5 1AH
Received 29 May 202516 Stafford Road Croydon CR0 4NL
Received 29 May 202549 Bennetts Way Croydon CR0 8AE
Received 29 May 202543A Brighton Road South Croydon CR2 6EB
Received 30 May 202553A Warminster Road South Norwood London SE25 4DQ
Received 30 May 202516 Westcombe Avenue Croydon CR0 3DA
Received 30 May 2025111 - 113 Brighton Road South Croydon CR2 6EE
Received 30 May 2025Flat 8 Glenavon Court 21 Cheston Avenue Croydon CR0 8DE
Received 30 May 2025Upper Woodcote House Birch Lane Purley CR8 3LH
Received 30 May 202525 Woodfield Hill Coulsdon CR5 3ED
Received 29 May 202524-26 Northwood Road Thornton Heath CR7 8HQ
Received 30 May 202590 Biggin Hill Upper Norwood London SE19 3HU
Received 30 May 202538 Vincent Road Coulsdon CR5 3DH
Received 30 May 2025130 Littleheath Road South Croydon CR2 7SE
Received 30 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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