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.
4,329 approved · 1,008 refused · 127 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
24 Chatsworth Road Croydon CR0 1HA
Received 17 Jul 2025Development Site At 56 Factory Lane Croydon CR0 3RL
Received 17 Jul 20257 Furze Hill Purley CR8 3LB
Received 17 Jul 20251579A London Road Norbury London SW16 4AA
Received 17 Jul 2025131 Benhurst Gardens South Croydon CR2 8NZ
Received 17 Jul 20254 Ovett Close Upper Norwood London SE19 3RX
Received 17 Jul 202582 Hartley Down Purley CR8 4EB
Received 14 Jul 2025136 Bensham Manor Road Thornton Heath CR7 7AW
Received 17 Jul 202531 Manor Wood Road Purley CR8 4LG
Received 17 Jul 202519 The Waldrons Croydon CR0 4HB
Received 17 Jul 202542 Woodville Road Thornton Heath CR7 8LG
Received 18 Jul 202541 Compton Road Croydon CR0 7JB
Received 18 Jul 2025Unit 2 81 Sumner Road Croydon CR0 3LN
Received 18 Jul 20259 Church Way South Croydon CR2 0JS
Received 18 Jul 202560A Harold Road Upper Norwood London SE19 3SW
Received 18 Jul 2025Land Rear Of 13 To 73 Stafford Road Duppas Hill Road Croydon
Received 18 Jul 202544 Brighton Road Coulsdon CR5 2BA
Received 18 Jul 2025114 Hayes Lane Kenley CR8 5HR
Received 18 Jul 2025112 Benhurst Gardens South Croydon CR2 8NW
Received 18 Jul 202562A Harold Road Upper Norwood London SE19 3SW
Received 18 Jul 202589 Overbury Crescent Croydon CR0 0LS
Received 18 Jul 202525 Haling Park Road South Croydon CR2 6NJ
Received 18 Jul 202525 Haling Park Road South Croydon CR2 6NJ
Received 18 Jul 2025Church House 1A Old Palace Road Croydon CR0 1AX
Received 21 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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