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.
4,284 approved · 989 refused · 125 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
27 Stanhope Road Croydon CR0 5NS
Received 5 Jun 2025110A Clyde Road Croydon CR0 6SW
Received 5 Jun 202527A High Street Flats 1-14, 27A High Street And Flats 1-3 Cumberlow Avenue South Norwood London SE25 6AE
Received 5 Jun 2025226 Brighton Road South Croydon CR2 6AH
Received 5 Jun 2025191 Northwood Road Thornton Heath CR7 8HX
Received 5 Jun 2025266 Addington Road South Croydon CR2 8LE
Received 5 Jun 202511 Basil Gardens Croydon CR0 8XD
Received 5 Jun 2025London Concrete Approach Road Purley CR8 2AL
Received 5 Jun 2025120 Northborough Road Norbury London SW16 4AZ
Received 5 Jun 2025252 High Street Croydon CR0 1PG
Received 6 Jun 202578 Westow Hill Upper Norwood London SE19 1SB
Received 6 Jun 202549 Coldharbour Road Croydon CR0 4DY
Received 6 Jun 202546 Craignish Avenue Norbury London SW16 4RW
Received 6 Jun 2025Adjacent 244 High Street Croydon CR0 1NF
Received 6 Jun 2025103 Queens Road Croydon CR0 2PT
Received 6 Jun 20256 Savile Gardens Croydon CR0 5QQ
Received 6 Jun 202594 Mayfield Road South Croydon CR2 0BF
Received 6 Jun 2025147 Haling Park Road South Croydon CR2 6NN
Received 6 Jun 202510A Cobden Road South Norwood London SE25 5NY
Received 6 Jun 2025107 Violet Lane Croydon CR0 4HL
Received 6 Jun 20255 Somerton Close Purley CR8 4BA
Received 6 Jun 202516 Elm Park Road South Norwood London SE25 6UA
Received 6 Jun 2025275 Church Road Upper Norwood London SE19 2QQ
Received 6 Jun 2025Harewood 10 Witherby Close Croydon CR0 5SU
Received 6 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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