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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.
4,507 approved · 1,054 refused · 131 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
329 Addiscombe Road Croydon CR0 7LF
Received 23 Oct 20253 Bywood Avenue Croydon CR0 7RB
Received 23 Oct 202528 Boulogne Road Croydon CR0 2QT
Received 23 Oct 2025107 Crowley Crescent Croydon CR0 4EF
Received 23 Oct 2025Harris Academy South Norwood 2 Cumberlow Avenue South Norwood London SE25 6AE
Received 23 Oct 2025128 Church Road Upper Norwood London SE19 2NT
Received 22 Oct 202523 Monahan Avenue Purley CR8 3BB
Received 23 Oct 202526 Old Lodge Lane Purley CR8 4DF
Received 23 Oct 202535 Selwood Road Croydon CR0 7JU
Received 23 Oct 202522 Crescent Way Norbury London SW16 3AJ
Received 23 Oct 202569 Selwood Road Croydon CR0 7JU
Received 23 Oct 202573 Reddown Road Coulsdon CR5 1AP
Received 23 Oct 2025128A Southbridge Road Croydon CR0 1AF
Received 24 Oct 2025415 Davidson Road Croydon CR0 6DS
Received 24 Oct 2025Garages Rear Of 31 - 49 Elmfield Way South Croydon
Received 24 Oct 202561 Thursley Crescent Croydon CR0 0PR
Received 24 Oct 2025198 - 200 Addington Road South Croydon CR2 8LD
Received 24 Oct 2025302 Brigstock Road Thornton Heath CR7 7JE
Received 24 Oct 202516 Selcroft Road Purley CR8 1AD
Received 24 Oct 2025Land In The Courtyard Of Old Palace School Old Palace Road Croydon CR0 1AX
Received 24 Oct 2025Land In The Courtyard Of Old Palace School Old Palace Road Croydon CR0 1AX
Received 24 Oct 2025Theobald House 27A Theobald Road Croydon CR0 3RN
Received 24 Oct 2025Birchwood Court 167 Godstone Road Kenley CR8 5BL
Received 24 Oct 2025105 Cobden Road South Norwood London SE25 5NU
Received 27 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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