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.
4,338 approved · 1,008 refused · 128 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
249 Norbury Avenue Norbury London SW16 3RN
Received 21 Jul 202514 Wingate Crescent Croydon CR0 3AL
Received 21 Jul 2025Old Whitgiftians Clubhouse Croham Manor Road South Croydon CR2 7BG
Received 21 Jul 202591 Green Lane Thornton Heath CR7 8BJ
Received 21 Jul 2025First And Second Floor 2 The Arcade 32 - 34 High Street Croydon CR0 1YB
Received 21 Jul 20253 St Andrews Road Coulsdon CR5 3HH
Received 21 Jul 202549 Farley Road South Croydon CR2 8DB
Received 21 Jul 202562 Falconwood Road Croydon CR0 9BD
Received 21 Jul 202599 Downlands Road Purley CR8 4JJ
Received 21 Jul 202592 Hartley Down Purley CR8 4EB
Received 21 Jul 2025Land Adjacent To The Gate House Bridle Way Croydon CR0 5AH
Received 15 Jul 2025Crystal Palace Football Club Whitehorse Lane South Norwood London SE25 6PU
Received 21 Jul 2025The Hayes Primary School Hayes Lane Kenley CR8 5JN
Received 21 Jul 202545A Lower Addiscombe Road Croydon CR0 6PQ
Received 21 Jul 20254 The Glade Croydon CR0 7QA
Received 21 Jul 202539A Brighton Road South Croydon CR2 6EB
Received 21 Jul 202532 Falkland Park Avenue South Norwood London SE25 6SH
Received 21 Jul 202542 Dagnall Park South Norwood London SE25 6NS
Received 21 Jul 2025Abingdon House School 59 Godstone Road Purley CR8 2AN
Received 22 Jul 202541 Brook Road Thornton Heath CR7 7RD
Received 22 Jul 202515 Cullesden Road Kenley CR8 5LR
Received 22 Jul 20253 Densham Drive Purley CR8 2XG
Received 22 Jul 20259 Crawford Crescent Coulsdon Croydon CR5 3GL
Received 22 Jul 2025151 Beckford Road Croydon CR0 6HZ
Received 22 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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