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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.
4,303 approved · 997 refused · 126 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Cheriton Court Selhurst Road South Norwood London SE25 6LW
Received 18 Jun 2025105 Church Road Upper Norwood London SE19 2PR
Received 18 Jun 202538 Fairdene Road Coulsdon CR5 1RB
Received 18 Jun 2025Regina Road Estate Regina Road And Sunny Bank South Norwood London SE25 4TT
Received 18 Jun 2025622 Brighton Road Purley CR8 2BA
Received 19 Jun 20257 Vermont Road Upper Norwood London SE19 3SR
Received 19 Jun 2025W H Smith 34 North End Croydon CR0 1UB
Received 19 Jun 2025Spring Park, Shrublands, 174 - 226 Laurel Crescent Croydon CR0 8JN
Received 19 Jun 2025254 High Street Croydon CR0 1NF
Received 19 Jun 2025252 High Street Croydon CR0 1PG
Received 19 Jun 202521-27 Sheldon Street Croydon CR0 1SS
Received 19 Jun 2025309 Sydenham Road Croydon CR0 2EL
Received 19 Jun 2025Addington Village Inn 36 Addington Village Road Croydon CR0 5AQ
Received 19 Jun 2025O/S 230 High Street Croydon CR0 1NF
Received 18 Jun 202524 Orchard Way Croydon CR0 7NG
Received 19 Jun 20257 Spencer Road South Croydon CR2 7EL
Received 19 Jun 2025Whitgift School Nottingham Road South Croydon CR2 6YT
Received 19 Jun 2025Croydon Sea Cadets 1 Mitcham Road Croydon CR0 3RU
Received 19 Jun 20255 Welcomes Road Kenley CR8 5HA
Received 19 Jun 2025Esma House 18A & 18 Cobden Road South Norwood London SE25 5NX
Received 19 Jun 20257 Shelford Rise Upper Norwood London SE19 2PX
Received 19 Jun 202556 Craignish Avenue Norbury London SW16 4RW
Received 20 Jun 202580 Pollards Hill South Norbury London SW16 4NB
Received 20 Jun 20252 Warwick Road Coulsdon CR5 2EE
Received 20 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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