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.
4,290 approved · 992 refused · 125 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
6 Langley Oaks Avenue South Croydon CR2 8DH
Received 13 Jun 202554 Kersey Drive South Croydon CR2 8SX
Received 13 Jun 202524 Central Parade Croydon CR0 0JB
Received 13 Jun 202516 Spring Park Avenue Croydon CR0 5EG
Received 13 Jun 2025110 - 112 Brighton Road Coulsdon CR5 2NB
Received 13 Jun 2025St Columbas Hall Charnwood Road South Norwood London SE25 6NT
Received 16 Jun 2025St Columbas Hall Charnwood Road South Norwood London SE25 6NT
Received 16 Jun 20253 Meadow View Road Thornton Heath CR7 7HA
Received 16 Jun 2025777 London Road Thornton Heath CR7 6FE
Received 16 Jun 202537 Malvern Road Thornton Heath CR7 7LU
Received 16 Jun 202537 Malvern Road Thornton Heath CR7 7LU
Received 16 Jun 202517 Steyning Close Kenley CR8 5LP
Received 16 Jun 20255 Havisham Place Upper Norwood London SE19 3HN
Received 16 Jun 202536 Dixon Road South Norwood London SE25 6UE
Received 16 Jun 20257 Quadrant Road Thornton Heath CR7 7DB
Received 16 Jun 202554 Buckingham Avenue Thornton Heath CR7 8AS
Received 16 Jun 2025104 The Glade Croydon CR0 7QE
Received 16 Jun 2025Unit 1 500 Purley Way Croydon CR0 4NZ
Received 16 Jun 20252A Green Lane Purley CR8 3PG
Received 13 Jun 20256 Limekiln Place Upper Norwood London SE19 2RE
Received 16 Jun 202510 Croham Close South Croydon CR2 0DA
Received 16 Jun 202510 Croham Close South Croydon CR2 0DA
Received 16 Jun 202546 Honister Heights Purley CR8 1EU
Received 16 Jun 202524 Farley Road South Croydon CR2 8DA
Received 16 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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