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4,326 approved · 1,004 refused · 127 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
194 Silverleigh Road Thornton Heath CR7 6DS
Received 8 Jul 2025118 Foxley Lane Purley CR8 3NB
Received 8 Jul 202528 Elliott Road Thornton Heath CR7 7QA
Received 8 Jul 202523 Byron Avenue Coulsdon CR5 2JS
Received 8 Jul 2025118 Foxley Lane Purley CR8 3NB
Received 8 Jul 2025505 London Road Thornton Heath CR7 6AR
Received 8 Jul 2025146 Biggin Hill Upper Norwood London SE19 3HP
Received 8 Jul 202513 Wattendon Road Kenley CR8 5LW
Received 8 Jul 2025Hartley Court And Ravenswood Hartley Down Purley CR8 4EA
Received 8 Jul 2025106 Bensham Lane Thornton Heath CR7 7ES
Received 8 Jul 202520 Hollywoods Court Wood Lane Croydon CR0 9JG
Received 8 Jul 20256 Central Place South Norwood London SE25 4PR
Received 8 Jul 202550 South Norwood Hill South Norwood London SE25 6AF
Received 9 Jul 20257 Hollingsworth Road Croydon CR0 5RP
Received 9 Jul 2025Whitgift School Nottingham Road South Croydon CR2 6YT
Received 9 Jul 202517 Christian Fields Norbury London SW16 3JY
Received 9 Jul 202529 Temple Road Croydon CR0 1HU
Received 9 Jul 2025The Tree House 78 South End Croydon CR0 1DP
Received 9 Jul 2025The Dog 24 - 25 Surrey Street Croydon CR0 1RG
Received 9 Jul 2025The Dog 24 - 25 Surrey Street Croydon CR0 1RG
Received 9 Jul 2025Westview 18 Woodstock Road Coulsdon CR5 3HY
Received 9 Jul 2025The Dog 24 - 25 Surrey Street Croydon CR0 1RG
Received 9 Jul 202557 Briar Avenue Norbury London SW16 3AB
Received 9 Jul 20257 Hillier Gardens Croydon CR0 4EH
Received 10 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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