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4,303 approved · 997 refused · 126 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
113 Coulsdon Road Coulsdon CR5 1EH
Received 24 Jun 2025Melrose House 42 Dingwall Road Croydon CR0 2NE
Received 24 Jun 2025134 Auckland Road Upper Norwood London SE19 2RQ
Received 24 Jun 2025137 Covington Way Norbury London SW16 3JT
Received 24 Jun 202539 Boundary Way Croydon CR0 5AU
Received 23 Jun 2025102 Shirley Road Croydon CR0 7EQ
Received 24 Jun 202538 Woodville Road Thornton Heath CR7 8LG
Received 25 Jun 202543 Wickham Avenue Croydon CR0 8TZ
Received 25 Jun 20253 South Vale Upper Norwood London SE19 3BA
Received 25 Jun 202522 Farnborough Crescent South Croydon CR2 8HA
Received 25 Jun 2025Noel Court 23 Grenaby Road Croydon CR0 2EJ
Received 25 Jun 202566 Kingswood Way South Croydon CR2 8QQ
Received 25 Jun 202561 Maryland Road Thornton Heath CR7 8DJ
Received 25 Jun 2025194 Selsdon Road South Croydon CR2 6PL
Received 25 Jun 202557 Darcy Road Norbury London SW16 4TZ
Received 25 Jun 202569 Central Hill Upper Norwood London SE19 1BS
Received 25 Jun 2025Irvine Court 3 Dunheved Road North Thornton Heath CR7 6AX
Received 25 Jun 202518 Norbury Road Thornton Heath CR7 8JN
Received 25 Jun 2025Mott Macdonald House 8 - 10 Sydenham Road Croydon CR0 2EE
Received 25 Jun 202511 Blacksmiths Hill South Croydon CR2 9AZ
Received 25 Jun 202570 Croham Manor Road South Croydon CR2 7BF
Received 25 Jun 202524F Coulsdon Court Road Coulsdon CR5 2LL
Received 25 Jun 2025296 Addington Road South Croydon CR2 8LF
Received 26 Jun 202515 Gladeside Croydon CR0 7RL
Received 26 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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