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.
4,278 approved · 986 refused · 125 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
25 Craignish Avenue Norbury London SW16 4RN
Received 30 May 2025Shop 113 Parchmore Road Thornton Heath CR7 8LZ
Received 30 May 2025139 Whitehorse Road Croydon CR0 2LJ
Received 2 Jun 2025156 Dalmally Road Croydon CR0 6LX
Received 2 Jun 202579A Northwood Road Thornton Heath CR7 8HU
Received 2 Jun 2025Tudor Lodge Foxley Road Kenley CR8 5LQ
Received 2 Jun 2025293 Wickham Road Croydon CR0 8TJ
Received 2 Jun 2025165 Auckland Road Upper Norwood London SE19 2RH
Received 2 Jun 2025109 Foxley Lane Purley CR8 3HQ
Received 2 Jun 2025394 Lower Addiscombe Road Croydon CR0 7AG
Received 2 Jun 2025Vivien Court 3 Havelock Road Croydon CR0 6QQ
Received 2 Jun 2025The Pines Off St. James Road Purley CR8 2DZ
Received 29 May 2025Phoenix House Sandown Road Coulsdon CR5 3HR
Received 2 Jun 202547 Abbots Lane Kenley CR8 5JB
Received 2 Jun 2025208 Addiscombe Road Croydon CR0 7LB
Received 2 Jun 202514 Woodland Way Purley CR8 2HU
Received 2 Jun 2025126A Beulah Road Thornton Heath CR7 8JF
Received 2 Jun 2025NORTH UNIT 2A 39 Cherry Orchard Road Croydon CR0 6GL
Received 2 Jun 2025148 Chaldon Way Coulsdon CR5 1DF
Received 2 Jun 20255 Annesley Drive Croydon CR0 8QX
Received 2 Jun 2025114 Hayes Lane Kenley CR8 5HR
Received 2 Jun 202529 Alexandra Road Croydon CR0 6EY
Received 3 Jun 20257 Lyndhurst Road Coulsdon CR5 3HU
Received 3 Jun 2025Kingsmeade Court 225 Selhurst Road South Norwood London SE25 6XD
Received 3 Jun 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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