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.
4,303 approved · 997 refused · 126 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Redstack 58 Sanderstead Court Avenue South Croydon CR2 9AJ
Received 23 Jun 2025101 Mitcham Road Croydon CR0 3NA
Received 23 Jun 2025O/S 1 Selsdon Road South Croydon CR2 6PU
Received 23 Jun 2025137 - 139 Hayes Lane Kenley CR8 5JR
Received 23 Jun 2025137 - 139 Hayes Lane Kenley CR8 5JR
Received 23 Jun 2025885 Brighton Road Purley CR8 2BN
Received 23 Jun 202522-24 Selsdon Road South Croydon CR2 6PB
Received 23 Jun 2025Flat A 2 Mowbray Road Upper Norwood London SE19 2RN
Received 23 Jun 2025161 Oval Road Croydon CR0 6BS
Received 23 Jun 2025Land To The South East Of Croydon College College Road Croydon CR9 1DX
Received 23 Jun 20257 Russell Green Close Purley CR8 2NS
Received 23 Jun 2025161 Oval Road Croydon CR0 6BS
Received 23 Jun 202523B South Park Hill Road South Croydon CR2 7DZ
Received 23 Jun 202511 Wavell Court 9 Elgin Road Croydon CR0 6XB
Received 23 Jun 202517 Milner Road Thornton Heath CR7 8JQ
Received 24 Jun 2025Shop 1A Lower Addiscombe Road Croydon CR0 6PQ
Received 24 Jun 202535 Godson Road Croydon CR0 4LT
Received 24 Jun 20258 Coulsdon Road Coulsdon CR5 2FT
Received 24 Jun 20258 Coulsdon Road Coulsdon CR5 2FT
Received 24 Jun 20258 Coulsdon Road Coulsdon CR5 2FT
Received 24 Jun 20253 Bradley Road Upper Norwood London SE19 3NT
Received 24 Jun 20256 Cornwall Road Croydon CR0 3RD
Received 24 Jun 202568 Woodcroft Road Thornton Heath CR7 7HF
Received 24 Jun 202520 Pondfield Road Kenley CR8 5JX
Received 24 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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