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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.
4,318 approved · 1,004 refused · 127 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
2 Ross Road South Norwood London SE25 6SF
Received 1 Jul 202531 Ryecroft Road Norbury London SW16 3EW
Received 1 Jul 2025106 Purley Downs Road South Croydon CR2 0RB
Received 1 Jul 2025Upper Flat 197 Church Road Upper Norwood London SE19 2PS
Received 1 Jul 2025375 Addiscombe Road Croydon CR0 7LJ
Received 1 Jul 2025Croindene Court 38 Bramley Hill South Croydon CR2 6NR
Received 1 Jul 202538 Hillview Close Purley CR8 1AU
Received 1 Jul 202515 The Ridge Way South Croydon CR2 0LG
Received 1 Jul 202564 Dalmeny Avenue Norbury London SW16 4RP
Received 1 Jul 2025125 Dunley Drive Croydon CR0 0RJ
Received 1 Jul 2025Land Adjacent To Woodcote Park Golf Club Meadow Hill Purley
Received 1 Jul 202538 Warwick Road Coulsdon CR5 2EE
Received 1 Jul 202510 Jarvis Road South Croydon CR2 6HU
Received 2 Jul 20257 Newhaven Road South Norwood London SE25 6JQ
Received 2 Jul 202510 Hermitage Road Upper Norwood London SE19 3QR
Received 2 Jul 20254 Parfour Drive Kenley CR8 5HJ
Received 2 Jul 202517 Abercorn Close South Croydon CR2 8TG
Received 2 Jul 202552 South Vale Upper Norwood London SE19 3BA
Received 2 Jul 20252 Wyvell Close Croydon Croydon CR0 7DY
Received 2 Jul 202536A Heathfield Road Croydon CR0 1EU
Received 2 Jul 202556 Smitham Downs Road Purley CR8 4NE
Received 2 Jul 202522 Croham Valley Road South Croydon CR2 7NA
Received 2 Jul 202512 Spurgeon Avenue Upper Norwood London SE19 3UQ
Received 2 Jul 2025100 Mount Park Avenue South Croydon CR2 6DJ
Received 2 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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