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.
4,326 approved · 1,004 refused · 127 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
414 Purley Way Croydon CR0 4NZ
Received 4 Jul 202526A Elgin Road Croydon CR0 6XA
Received 4 Jul 202541 Hillview Close Purley CR8 1AU
Received 7 Jul 20252C Hermitage Road Upper Norwood London SE19 3QR
Received 7 Jul 20251 Cheltenham Villas Stanley Road Croydon CR0 3QA
Received 7 Jul 202515 Lyndhurst Close Croydon CR0 5LU
Received 7 Jul 202510 Sundial Avenue South Norwood London SE25 4BX
Received 7 Jul 202521 Reynolds Way Croydon CR0 5JW
Received 7 Jul 202523 Lacey Avenue Coulsdon CR5 1LQ
Received 7 Jul 20255 Bramley Close South Croydon CR2 6NQ
Received 7 Jul 20251433 - 1435 London Road Norbury London SW16 4AG
Received 7 Jul 202518 Hartley Road Croydon CR0 2PG
Received 7 Jul 202513 Bushey Road Croydon CR0 8EW
Received 7 Jul 2025224 Bensham Manor Road Thornton Heath CR7 7AW
Received 7 Jul 202518 Boswell Road Thornton Heath CR7 7RY
Received 7 Jul 20258 Summerswood Close Kenley CR8 5EY
Received 7 Jul 20251 Bradshaws Close South Norwood London SE25 4EN
Received 7 Jul 202527 Kingswood Lane Warlingham CR6 9AB
Received 7 Jul 202541 Brook Road Thornton Heath CR7 7RD
Received 7 Jul 2025Woodside Health Centre 3 Enmore Road South Norwood London SE25 5NT
Received 7 Jul 2025Grass Verge Adjacent To Martin Crescent Martin Crescent Croydon
Received 7 Jul 202516 Court Hill South Croydon CR2 9NA
Received 7 Jul 202530 Fairdene Road Coulsdon CR5 1RA
Received 7 Jul 202569 Pampisford Road Purley CR8 2NJ
Received 7 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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