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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.
4,503 approved · 1,051 refused · 131 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
55 Pollards Hill South Norbury London SW16 4LR
Received 15 Oct 202531 Surrey Street Croydon CR0 1RG
Received 15 Oct 20258 Whitgift Avenue South Croydon CR2 6AY
Received 15 Oct 2025First Floor And Second Floor Maisonette 61 Elgin Road Croydon CR0 6XD
Received 15 Oct 202566 Russell Hill Road Purley CR8 2LB
Received 15 Oct 2025823 - 825 Brighton Road Purley CR8 2BJ
Received 15 Oct 202532 Fox Hill Upper Norwood London SE19 2XE
Received 16 Oct 2025Flat 10 Hummingbird Court 10A Grovelands Road Purley CR8 4LS
Received 16 Oct 202539 Brickfield Road Thornton Heath CR7 8DS
Received 16 Oct 202537 Cullesden Road Kenley CR8 5LR
Received 16 Oct 2025111 - 115 And 117 South End Croydon CR0 1BJ
Received 16 Oct 2025Verge Adjacent To Kent Gateway At Roundabout Selsdon Park Road South Croydon, CR2 8JH
Received 10 Oct 202511 Basil Gardens Croydon CR0 8XD
Received 16 Oct 2025185 Sumner Road South Croydon CR0 3LY
Received 16 Oct 2025Land R/O 48 Albert Road South Norwood London SE25 4JE
Received 16 Oct 2025Garages Rear Of 31 - 49 Elmfield Way South Croydon
Received 16 Oct 2025Crystal Palace National Sports Centre, Ledrington Road, Anerley, London, SE19 2GA
Received 17 Oct 2025Former Gas Distribution Station Factory Lane Croydon CR0 3RL
Received 17 Oct 20259 The Retreat Thornton Heath CR7 8LD
Received 17 Oct 202558 Wandle Road Croydon CR0 1DX
Received 17 Oct 2025James Dallas House 1 Campbell Road Croydon CR0 2SQ
Received 17 Oct 202511 Attlee Close Thornton Heath CR7 7FA
Received 17 Oct 202538 Georgia Road Thornton Heath CR7 8DR
Received 17 Oct 202520 Deepfield Way Coulsdon CR5 2SZ
Received 17 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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