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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.
4,522 approved · 1,059 refused · 131 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
52A Kingswood Way South Croydon CR2 8QQ
Received 5 Nov 202516 Wentworth Road Croydon CR0 3HT
Received 5 Nov 2025121 Benhurst Gardens South Croydon CR2 8NZ
Received 5 Nov 202513 Placehouse Lane Coulsdon CR5 1LA
Received 5 Nov 2025Land West Of Makro Car Park Peterwood Way Croydon CR0 4UQ
Received 5 Nov 202513 Placehouse Lane Coulsdon CR5 1LA
Received 5 Nov 202513 Placehouse Lane Coulsdon CR5 1LA
Received 5 Nov 202524 Central Parade Croydon CR0 0JB
Received 6 Nov 2025161 Oval Road Croydon CR0 6BS
Received 6 Nov 2025Knollys House And Stephenson House 17 Addiscombe Road Croydon CR0 6SR
Received 6 Nov 202523 Haling Park Road South Croydon CR2 6NJ
Received 6 Nov 202532 The Woodfields South Croydon CR2 0HE
Received 6 Nov 2025Becton Court 284 Holmesdale Road South Norwood London SE25 6HS
Received 6 Nov 2025Croham Hurst Place 17 Wisborough Road South Croydon CR2 0DR
Received 6 Nov 2025Madras Bedwardine Road Upper Norwood London SE19 3AY
Received 7 Nov 202519 Sunny Bank South Norwood London SE25 4TQ
Received 7 Nov 20251433 - 1435 London Road Norbury London SW16 4AG
Received 7 Nov 2025Development Site Former Site Of Stonewest House Lambert's Place Croydon CR0 2BR
Received 7 Nov 202564 Highfield Road Purley CR8 2JG
Received 7 Nov 20259 Cardinal Close South Croydon CR2 9AN
Received 7 Nov 202522 North Downs Road Croydon CR0 0LB
Received 7 Nov 2025Flat 3 8 Lancaster Road South Norwood London SE25 4AQ
Received 7 Nov 202576 London Road Croydon CR0 2TB
Received 7 Nov 2025Croydon University Hospital 530 London Road Thornton Heath CR7 7YE
Received 7 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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