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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.
4,309 approved · 1,000 refused · 127 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
52 Overbury Crescent Croydon CR0 0LN
Received 27 Jun 2025Basement 304 - 306 Bensham Lane Thornton Heath CR7 7EQ
Received 27 Jun 2025Rear Of 73A And 73B Woodside Green South Norwood London SE25 5HU
Received 27 Jun 20252 Verulam Avenue Purley CR8 3NQ
Received 27 Jun 20257A Round Grove Croydon CR0 7PP
Received 27 Jun 202525-27 Tamworth Place Croydon CR0 1RL
Received 27 Jun 202516 Steyning Close Kenley CR8 5LP
Received 30 Jun 20252 Denmark Road South Norwood London SE25 5QU
Received 30 Jun 2025214 Lower Addiscombe Road Croydon CR0 7AB
Received 30 Jun 20251 Grosvenor Road South Norwood London SE25 5AW
Received 30 Jun 20255 Downs Road Purley CR8 1DS
Received 30 Jun 202549A And 49B Neville Road Croydon CR0 2DS
Received 30 Jun 2025Development Site Former Site Of 5 - 9 Surrey Street Croydon CR0 1RG
Received 30 Jun 202565 Chaldon Way Coulsdon CR5 1DL
Received 30 Jun 202544 Ewhurst Avenue South Croydon CR2 0DJ
Received 30 Jun 202511 Forrest Gardens Norbury London SW16 4LP
Received 30 Jun 202525-27 Tamworth Place Croydon CR0 1RL
Received 30 Jun 2025Land At Victory Place/ Carberry Road/ Carberry Works, Crystal Palace, SE19 3RU
Received 30 Jun 202523 Grove Road Thornton Heath CR7 6HN
Received 30 Jun 2025Development Site Former Site Of 63 Whytecliffe Road South Purley CR8 2AZ
Received 30 Jun 2025121 Old Farleigh Road South Croydon CR2 8QD
Received 30 Jun 202546 Ewhurst Avenue South Croydon CR2 0DJ
Received 30 Jun 202569 Carolina Road Thornton Heath CR7 8DP
Received 1 Jul 202544 Raymead Avenue Thornton Heath CR7 7SA
Received 1 Jul 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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