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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.
4,329 approved · 1,008 refused · 127 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Zodiac House 161 - 165 London Road Croydon CR0 2RJ
Received 15 Jul 202516 Kingswood Way South Croydon CR2 8QP
Received 15 Jul 20253 High Street South Norwood London SE25 6EP
Received 15 Jul 2025354 Brighton Road South Croydon CR2 6AJ
Received 15 Jul 2025Land At 3-5 Barrowsfield South Croydon CR2 9BZ
Received 15 Jul 20255 - 7 Selsdon Road South Croydon CR2 6PU
Received 15 Jul 202513 The Ruffetts South Croydon CR2 7LS
Received 16 Jul 202517 Ash Tree Way Croydon CR0 7SU
Received 16 Jul 2025Winterbourne Junior Girls School Winterbourne Road Thornton Heath CR7 7QT
Received 16 Jul 2025Greenvale Primary School Sandpiper Road South Croydon CR2 8PR
Received 16 Jul 202539 Radcliffe Road Croydon CR0 5QJ
Received 16 Jul 2025148 Coulsdon Road Coulsdon CR5 2LE
Received 16 Jul 2025Land West Of 41 Malcolm Road Coulsdon CR5 2DB
Received 16 Jul 2025Croydon Sports Arena Albert Road London SE25 4QL
Received 11 Jul 2025Westley Court 36 South Norwood Hill South Norwood London SE25 6AG
Received 16 Jul 202552 Grenville Road Croydon CR0 0NY
Received 16 Jul 202549 Birchanger Road South Norwood London SE25 5BE
Received 16 Jul 20257 Furze Hill Purley CR8 3LB
Received 16 Jul 2025Land Rear Of 13 To 73 Stafford Road Duppas Hill Road Croydon
Received 16 Jul 2025Land Rear Of 13 To 73 Stafford Road Duppas Hill Road Croydon
Received 16 Jul 2025Central House 27 Park Street Croydon CR0 1YD
Received 16 Jul 2025389 Mitcham Road Croydon CR0 3HP
Received 16 Jul 2025389 Mitcham Road Croydon CR0 3HP
Received 16 Jul 20255C Alwyn Close Croydon CR0 0QP
Received 17 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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