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.
4,499 approved · 1,050 refused · 131 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 4 Jan 2019 to 8 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 13 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
16 Round Grove Croydon CR0 7PP
Received 14 Oct 2025BT Column ID: 25/O/S Gold Motors, 272 - 274 Davidson Road, Croydon, CR0 6DF
Received 13 Oct 2025Development Site At 48 Mitchley Hill South Croydon CR2 9HB
Received 14 Oct 2025Harding Court 34 Lancaster Road South Norwood London SE25 4AL
Received 14 Oct 2025Development Site Former Site Of Morris House 2 Bensham Lane Croydon CR0 2RQ
Received 14 Oct 202510 Westminster Avenue Thornton Heath CR7 8BR
Received 14 Oct 202510 Westminster Avenue Thornton Heath CR7 8BR
Received 14 Oct 2025Hayes Lane, Close To Abbots Lane, Kenley CR8 5HN
Received 12 Oct 2025112 Woodcote Grove Road Coulsdon CR5 2AF
Received 14 Oct 2025Development Site At 176 - 178 Orchard Way Croydon CR0 7NN
Received 14 Oct 202511 The Close Pampisford Road Purley CR8 2QD
Received 14 Oct 20251A Beulah Hill Upper Norwood London SE19 3LQ
Received 14 Oct 202569 Selwood Road Croydon CR0 7JU
Received 14 Oct 202549 Westbourne Road Croydon CR0 6HQ
Received 15 Oct 2025654 Davidson Road Croydon CR0 6DJ
Received 15 Oct 202527 Chatsworth Road Croydon CR0 1HE
Received 15 Oct 2025Nursing Home Whitgift House 76 Brighton Road South Croydon CR2 6AB
Received 15 Oct 202536 Headcorn Road Thornton Heath CR7 6JP
Received 13 Oct 2025Land At Shell Foxley 14 - 16 Godstone Road Purley CR8 2DB
Received 9 Oct 202514 Famet Close Purley CR8 2DX
Received 13 Oct 202531 Ockley Road Croydon CR0 3DR
Received 15 Oct 2025Chipstead Valley Road Murco, Chipstead Valley Road, Coulsdon, Greater London, CR5 3BR
Received 10 Oct 2025Central Hill Upper Norwood London SE19 1BY
Received 10 Oct 2025Rice House 170 Whitehorse Road Croydon CR0 2LA
Received 15 Oct 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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