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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.
4,530 approved · 1,063 refused · 131 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
36 Richmond Road Thornton Heath CR7 7QB
Received 12 Nov 202568 Crowley Crescent Croydon CR0 4EB
Received 12 Nov 2025117 Gonville Road Thornton Heath CR7 6DL
Received 12 Nov 202586 Orchard Avenue Croydon CR0 7NB
Received 12 Nov 2025112 Westfield Avenue South Croydon CR2 9JW
Received 12 Nov 2025The Good Companions Tithepit Shaw Lane Warlingham CR6 9AW
Received 12 Nov 2025Adjacent 5 - 9 Orchard Court Wickham Road Croydon CR0 8EH
Received 12 Nov 2025Flat 1 Norwood Grove Mansion 5 Copgate Path Norbury London SW16 3EA
Received 12 Nov 2025Hampton Hawkhirst Road Kenley CR8 5DL
Received 12 Nov 2025117A Foxley Lane Purley CR8 3HQ
Received 12 Nov 202513 Imperial Way Croydon CR0 4RR
Received 13 Nov 2025220 - 222 Portland Road South Norwood London SE25 4QB
Received 13 Nov 2025218 Selhurst Road South Norwood London SE25 6XU
Received 13 Nov 2025144 Oak Avenue Croydon CR0 8EJ
Received 13 Nov 202511 Hunter Road Thornton Heath CR7 8QJ
Received 13 Nov 2025Oak Lodge Sanderstead Road South Croydon CR2 0PB
Received 13 Nov 2025Pavement Outside Amp House Dingwall Road Croydon CR0 2LX
Received 14 Nov 2025100 The Glade Croydon CR0 7QE
Received 14 Nov 202542 Woodville Road Thornton Heath CR7 8LG
Received 14 Nov 2025Former New Addington Leisure Centre 88 Central Parade Croydon CR0 0JB
Received 14 Nov 202518 Boswell Road Thornton Heath CR7 7RY
Received 14 Nov 2025Sterling House 282 Holmesdale Road South Norwood London SE25 6HT
Received 14 Nov 20258 Woodfield Hill Coulsdon CR5 3EN
Received 14 Nov 2025121 Norfolk Avenue South Croydon CR2 8BY
Received 14 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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