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.
4,548 approved · 1,070 refused · 131 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Outside Of 7 Greenfield Link Coulsdon CR5 2SW
Received 25 Nov 2025276 Beulah Hill Upper Norwood London SE19 3HF
Received 25 Nov 20251A & 1B Saxon Road South Norwood London SE25 5EQ
Received 25 Nov 202525 Russell Hill Purley CR8 2JB
Received 25 Nov 202529 Haling Park Road South Croydon CR2 6NJ
Received 25 Nov 202522 Selsdon Road South Croydon CR2 6PB
Received 25 Nov 202530 Russell Hill Purley CR8 2JA
Received 26 Nov 202524 Smitham Bottom Lane Purley CR8 3DA
Received 26 Nov 20252 Palmerston Road Croydon CR0 2QH
Received 26 Nov 2025Land Former Site Of The Good Companions Tithepit Shaw Lane Warlingham CR6 9AW
Received 26 Nov 2025111 Upper Selsdon Road South Croydon CR2 0DP
Received 26 Nov 202510A Farquharson Road Croydon CR0 2UH
Received 26 Nov 20251A Lower Addiscombe Road Croydon CR0 6PQ
Received 26 Nov 202576 The Alders West Wickham BR4 9PG
Received 24 Nov 2025Development Site At 33 Purley Downs Road Purley CR8 1HA
Received 26 Nov 20256 Bisenden Road Croydon CR0 6UN
Received 26 Nov 202510 Hermitage Road Upper Norwood London SE19 3QR
Received 26 Nov 202551 Ballards Way South Croydon CR2 7JP
Received 26 Nov 2025The Hawthorns 57 Warminster Road South Norwood London SE25 4DF
Received 26 Nov 2025Development Site At 8 Kearton Close Kenley CR8 5EN
Received 27 Nov 2025Crystal Palace National Sports Centre Ledrington Road Anerley London SE19 2GA
Received 24 Nov 2025Highams Hill Farm Sheepbarn Lane Warlingham CR6 9PQ
Received 25 Nov 20256 Everton Road Croydon CR0 6LA
Received 27 Nov 2025222 Chaldon Way Coulsdon CR5 1DH
Received 27 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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