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.
4,513 approved · 1,055 refused · 131 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
2 Woodland Way Purley CR8 2HU
Received 27 Oct 202516 Southern Avenue South Norwood London SE25 4BT
Received 27 Oct 2025Land R/O 1 Oak Gardens Croydon CR0 8ES
Received 27 Oct 20252 Beech Avenue South Croydon CR2 0NL
Received 27 Oct 202568 Norman Avenue South Croydon CR2 0QE
Received 27 Oct 202577 Wickham Road Croydon CR0 8TB
Received 27 Oct 2025111 - 113 Brighton Road South Croydon CR2 6EE
Received 27 Oct 20251B Columbine Avenue South Croydon CR2 6DX
Received 27 Oct 2025Court Cottage Farm Drive Purley CR8 3LP
Received 27 Oct 202583 Woodcote Valley Road Purley CR8 3BG
Received 27 Oct 202572 Bensham Lane Croydon CR0 2RY
Received 27 Oct 2025143B Holmesdale Road South Norwood London SE25 6JJ
Received 27 Oct 202526 Lindfield Road Croydon CR0 6HN
Received 27 Oct 202530 Russell Hill Purley CR8 2JA
Received 27 Oct 2025The Farthings Coombe Road Croydon CR0 5RD
Received 27 Oct 2025Land R/O 58 - 60 Westow Hill Upper Norwood London SE19 1RX
Received 27 Oct 202532 Torridge Road Thornton Heath CR7 7EY
Received 27 Oct 20251E Riddlesdown Avenue Purley CR8 1JH
Received 27 Oct 20251430 London Road Norbury London SW16 4BZ
Received 28 Oct 2025383 London Road Croydon CR0 3PB
Received 28 Oct 202518 Glenthorne Avenue Croydon CR0 7EY
Received 28 Oct 20251 Storrington Road Croydon CR0 6PN
Received 28 Oct 2025Former New Addington Leisure And Community Centre 88 Central Parade Croydon CR0 0JB
Received 28 Oct 2025Empire Court 357 Grange Road Upper Norwood London SE19 3BL
Received 28 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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