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.
4,341 approved · 1,008 refused · 128 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
9 Furze Hill Purley CR8 3LB
Received 24 Jul 2025The Drum And Monkey 7 Gloucester Road Croydon CR0 2DH
Received 24 Jul 202534 Norbury Road Thornton Heath CR7 8JN
Received 24 Jul 202532 North End Croydon CR0 1UB
Received 24 Jul 2025Development Site At 316 Old Lodge Lane Purley CR8 4AQ
Received 24 Jul 2025174 - 226 Laurel Crescent Croydon CR0 8JR
Received 24 Jul 202537A Smitham Bottom Lane Purley CR8 3DE
Received 25 Jul 202532 Midhurst Avenue Croydon CR0 3PR
Received 25 Jul 202525 East Way Croydon CR0 8AH
Received 25 Jul 202513 Christian Fields Norbury London SW16 3JY
Received 25 Jul 202524 Blake Road Croydon CR0 6UH
Received 25 Jul 2025Development Site At 176 - 178 Orchard Way Croydon CR0 7NN
Received 25 Jul 2025117 Foxley Lane Purley CR8 3HQ
Received 24 Jul 20258 Shirley Park Road Croydon CR0 7EU
Received 25 Jul 20259 Caterham Drive Coulsdon CR5 1JN
Received 25 Jul 20258 Walburton Road Purley CR8 3DH
Received 25 Jul 2025Development Site Between 23 And 29 Hythe Road Thornton Heath CR7 8QQ
Received 25 Jul 2025The Sandrock 152 Upper Shirley Road Croydon CR0 5HA
Received 25 Jul 202530 Ryecroft Road Norbury London SW16 3EQ
Received 25 Jul 202513 Birchanger Road South Norwood London SE25 5BA
Received 25 Jul 202510 Beech Avenue South Croydon CR2 0NL
Received 25 Jul 202566 Beaumont Road Purley CR8 2EG
Received 25 Jul 202568 Hartley Old Road Purley CR8 4HJ
Received 28 Jul 202526 Greenview Avenue Croydon CR0 7QU
Received 28 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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