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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.
4,279 approved · 986 refused · 125 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
St Stephens Vicarage 9 Warwick Road Thornton Heath CR7 7NH
Received 3 Jun 2025St Stephens Vicarage 9 Warwick Road Thornton Heath CR7 7NH
Received 3 Jun 202517 Beckett Avenue Kenley CR8 5LT
Received 3 Jun 20253 Copper Close Upper Norwood London SE19 2RF
Received 3 Jun 2025Land To Rear Of 2 Thornhill Road Croydon CR0 2XY
Received 3 Jun 202513 Shirley Way Croydon CR0 8PG
Received 3 Jun 2025Land Adjoining 1-17 Wedgewood Way Beulah Hill Upper Norwood London
Received 29 May 20257 Ledbury Place Croydon CR0 1ET
Received 3 Jun 202543 Dovercourt Avenue Thornton Heath CR7 7LJ
Received 3 Jun 202541 Beulah Hill Upper Norwood London SE19 3DS
Received 3 Jun 202522 Rectory Park South Croydon CR2 9JN
Received 3 Jun 202590 Avondale Road South Croydon CR2 6JB
Received 4 Jun 202520 Rectory Park South Croydon CR2 9JN
Received 4 Jun 202547A Foxearth Road South Croydon CR2 8EL
Received 4 Jun 2025O/S The Vicarage 1B St James Road Purley CR8 2DL
Received 3 Jun 202558 Northampton Road Croydon CR0 7HT
Received 4 Jun 20251A Brighton Road South Croydon CR2 6EA
Received 4 Jun 202518 Chelsham Road South Croydon CR2 6HY
Received 4 Jun 2025Ground Floor Shop 6 Westow Hill Upper Norwood London SE19 1RX
Received 4 Jun 202594 Mayfield Road South Croydon CR2 0BF
Received 4 Jun 202546 Winterbourne Road Thornton Heath CR7 7QU
Received 4 Jun 20252 Vermont Road Upper Norwood London SE19 3SR
Received 5 Jun 202541 Beulah Hill Upper Norwood London SE19 3DS
Received 5 Jun 20251136 - 1138 London Road Norbury London SW16 4DS
Received 5 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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