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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.
4,307 approved · 1,000 refused · 127 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Office Premises 34 Stroud Road South Norwood London SE25 5DR
Received 26 Jun 2025242 Selsdon Road South Croydon CR2 7AA
Received 26 Jun 202513 Christian Fields Norbury London SW16 3JY
Received 26 Jun 202525 Croham Mount South Croydon CR2 0BR
Received 26 Jun 2025Development Site Former Site Of 20 - 22 Portland Road South Norwood London SE25 4PF
Received 26 Jun 202513 Harewood Road South Croydon CR2 7AT
Received 26 Jun 202533 Waddon Road Croydon CR0 4LH
Received 26 Jun 20257 Hollingsworth Road Croydon CR0 5RP
Received 26 Jun 2025NatWest Sports Ground Location , Land To The North Of Turle Road, Streatham, London
Received 26 Jun 202512 Godstone Road Kenley CR8 5JE
Received 26 Jun 2025Flat 3 6 Mulgrave Road Croydon CR0 1BL
Received 26 Jun 2025256-260 London Road Croydon CR0 2TH
Received 26 Jun 202588 Addiscombe Road Croydon CR0 5PP
Received 26 Jun 2025Rear Of 35 & 37 Croham Valley Road South Croydon CR2 7JF
Received 26 Jun 20252 Leighton Street Croydon CR0 3SB
Received 26 Jun 202550 Gascoigne Road Croydon CR0 0NB
Received 26 Jun 2025Central House 27 Park Street Croydon CR0 1YD
Received 26 Jun 2025Central House 27 Park Street Croydon CR0 1YD
Received 26 Jun 2025279 - 281 Portland Road South Norwood London SE25 4QQ
Received 26 Jun 202541 Kensington Avenue Thornton Heath CR7 8BT
Received 27 Jun 20254 Southbrook Road Norbury London SW16 5QZ
Received 27 Jun 2025Corinthian House 17 Lansdowne Road Croydon CR0 2BX
Received 27 Jun 202515 Green Court Avenue Croydon CR0 7LD
Received 27 Jun 202552 Overbury Crescent Croydon CR0 0LN
Received 27 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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