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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.
4,520 approved · 1,057 refused · 131 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
18 Briton Crescent South Croydon CR2 0JE
Received 30 Oct 202520 Fox Hill Upper Norwood London SE19 2UU
Received 30 Oct 202519A & 19B The Crescent Croydon CR0 2HN
Received 30 Oct 20252 - 28 North End Croydon CR0 1UB
Received 30 Oct 202521A Central Parade Croydon CR0 0JL
Received 30 Oct 202532 Olden Lane Purley CR8 2EH
Received 31 Oct 202527 Deans Walk Coulsdon CR5 1HR
Received 31 Oct 202524 Beatrice Avenue Norbury London SW16 4UN
Received 31 Oct 2025Ground Floor Shop Premises 72 Godstone Road Kenley CR8 5AA
Received 31 Oct 2025216 Portland Road South Norwood London SE25 4QB
Received 31 Oct 20259 Tudor Close South Croydon CR2 9DX
Received 31 Oct 20251-3 Queensway, Purley Way And 12 Imperial Way Croydon CR0 4RR
Received 31 Oct 202531 Oakley Road South Norwood London SE25 4XG
Received 31 Oct 2025Land Adjoining Telephone Exchange Hollymeoak Road Coulsdon
Received 3 Nov 20255 St Dunstan's Road South Norwood London SE25 6EU
Received 3 Nov 202549 Woodcote Park Avenue Purley CR8 3NS
Received 3 Nov 202526 Mapledale Avenue Croydon CR0 5TD
Received 3 Nov 20254 Ewhurst Avenue South Croydon CR2 0DG
Received 3 Nov 202586 Outram Road Croydon CR0 6XF
Received 3 Nov 202533 Court Road South Norwood London SE25 4BN
Received 3 Nov 2025The Lodge Crystal Palace National Sports Centre Ledrington Road Anerley London SE19 2BB
Received 31 Oct 2025Street Record Footpath 48f From Roke Road To Little Roke Road Kenley Croydon
Received 3 Nov 202519 High Street South Norwood London SE25 6EZ
Received 3 Nov 202516 Elgin Road Croydon CR0 6XA
Received 3 Nov 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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