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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.
4,286 approved · 990 refused · 125 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
120 Long Lane Croydon CR0 7AP
Received 6 Jun 202543 Dovercourt Avenue Thornton Heath CR7 7LJ
Received 9 Jun 20253A South Park Hill Road South Croydon CR2 7DY
Received 9 Jun 202512 Mayfield Road South Croydon CR2 0BE
Received 9 Jun 2025Land Rear Of 9 Morland Avenue Croydon CR0 6EA
Received 9 Jun 2025Development Site Adjoining East Croydon Station Dingwall Road Croydon CR0 2NF
Received 9 Jun 2025Development Site Former Site Of 5 - 9 Surrey Street Croydon CR0 1RG
Received 9 Jun 2025Co Op Car Park Limpsfield Road South Croydon CR2 9BY
Received 9 Jun 202529 Hartley Old Road Purley CR8 4HH
Received 9 Jun 202572 Downlands Road Purley CR8 4JF
Received 10 Jun 20257 Turle Road Norbury London SW16 5QW
Received 10 Jun 202518 Heathview Road Thornton Heath CR7 7PL
Received 10 Jun 202536 Arkwright Road South Croydon CR2 0LL
Received 10 Jun 202517 Whitehall Road Thornton Heath CR7 6AF
Received 10 Jun 202521A Park Road Kenley CR8 5AS
Received 10 Jun 202518A Clyde Road Croydon CR0 6SU
Received 10 Jun 202520 Campden Road South Croydon CR2 7EN
Received 10 Jun 202522 The Grange Croydon CR0 8AP
Received 10 Jun 20252 Barham Road South Croydon CR2 6GD
Received 10 Jun 2025103 Purley Downs Road South Croydon CR2 0RH
Received 10 Jun 202566 Ambleside Gardens South Croydon CR2 8SF
Received 10 Jun 202562A High Street Croydon CR0 1NA
Received 10 Jun 202562B High Street Croydon CR0 1NA
Received 10 Jun 2025Orchard House 15A Purley Road South Croydon CR2 6EZ
Received 11 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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