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.
4,327 approved · 1,008 refused · 127 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
1 Park Hill Road Croydon CR0 5NA
Received 14 Jul 202568 Beulah Road Thornton Heath CR7 8JF
Received 14 Jul 202544 Byron Avenue Coulsdon CR5 2JR
Received 14 Jul 202512 Westow Street Upper Norwood London SE19 3AH
Received 14 Jul 2025Co Op Car Park Limpsfield Road South Croydon CR2 9BY
Received 14 Jul 202588 Cross Road Croydon CR0 6TB
Received 14 Jul 2025127 Godstone Road Kenley CR8 5BD
Received 14 Jul 2025223 Grange Road South Norwood London SE25 6TG
Received 14 Jul 2025359 Beulah Hill Upper Norwood London SE19 3GW
Received 14 Jul 202531 Kersey Drive South Croydon CR2 8SX
Received 14 Jul 2025Neville Court 33 Canning Road Croydon CR0 6QE
Received 14 Jul 2025240 Old Lodge Lane Purley CR8 4AP
Received 14 Jul 202548 Nova Road Croydon CR0 2TL
Received 14 Jul 2025Peter Kennedy Court 180 Orchard Way Croydon CR0 7LX
Received 14 Jul 202511 The Close Pampisford Road Purley CR8 2QD
Received 14 Jul 2025Pavillion A Playing Fields Purley Way Croydon CR0 4RJ
Received 14 Jul 2025777 London Road Thornton Heath CR7 6FE
Received 14 Jul 2025Flat 5 8 Highfield Hill Upper Norwood London SE19 3PS
Received 14 Jul 2025246 Norbury Avenue Norbury London SW16 3RN
Received 14 Jul 2025198 - 200 Addington Road South Croydon CR2 8LD
Received 15 Jul 202518 Alexandra Road Croydon CR0 6EU
Received 15 Jul 202525 Falconwood Road Croydon CR0 9BE
Received 15 Jul 20255 Sandpits Road Croydon CR0 5HJ
Received 15 Jul 202543 Georgia Road Thornton Heath CR7 8DW
Received 15 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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