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.
4,537 approved · 1,068 refused · 131 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
11 Blacksmiths Hill South Croydon CR2 9AZ
Received 21 Nov 202533 Rochford Way Croydon CR0 3AG
Received 21 Nov 2025Bradmore Green Public Library Bradmore Way Coulsdon CR5 1PE
Received 24 Nov 2025109 Brancaster Lane Purley CR8 1HL
Received 24 Nov 202525 Tandridge Gardens South Croydon CR2 9HW
Received 24 Nov 202575 Norbury Court Road Norbury London SW16 4HX
Received 24 Nov 202521 Darcy Road Norbury London SW16 4TX
Received 24 Nov 2025126 Addiscombe Road Croydon CR0 5PQ
Received 24 Nov 202577 Upper Selsdon Road South Croydon CR2 0DP
Received 24 Nov 202512 Alpine Close Croydon CR0 5UN
Received 24 Nov 202581 Stafford Road Croydon CR0 4NJ
Received 24 Nov 20254 Monahan Avenue Purley CR8 3BA
Received 24 Nov 2025Oakwood House 2 Furze Hill Purley CR8 3LA
Received 24 Nov 2025Land At 28 Godstone Road Kenley CR8 5JE
Received 24 Nov 202519 Woodlands Grove Coulsdon CR5 3AN
Received 24 Nov 202515 Gurney Crescent Croydon CR0 3JR
Received 24 Nov 20253 The Spinney Purley CR8 1AB
Received 24 Nov 2025334 Grange Road Upper Norwood London SE19 3DQ
Received 24 Nov 202514 Croham Manor Road South Croydon CR2 7BE
Received 24 Nov 20255 Carlton Avenue South Croydon CR2 0BZ
Received 25 Nov 2025Former New Addington Leisure And Community Centre 88 Central Parade Croydon CR0 0JB
Received 25 Nov 20254A The Drive Coulsdon CR5 2BL
Received 25 Nov 202568 Walton Green Croydon CR0 0TW
Received 25 Nov 20257, 7a, 9, & 9A Godstone Road Purley CR8 2DH
Received 25 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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