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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.
4,549 approved · 1,070 refused · 131 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
258 Whitehorse Lane South Norwood London SE25 6UR
Received 27 Nov 202538 Woodville Road Thornton Heath CR7 8LG
Received 27 Nov 202511 Dunheved Road North Thornton Heath
Received 27 Nov 2025Land Rear Of 13 To 73 Stafford Road Duppas Hill Road Croydon
Received 27 Nov 2025173 Lower Addiscombe Road Croydon CR0 6PZ
Received 27 Nov 202586 And 88 Caterham Drive Coulsdon CR5 1JG
Received 28 Nov 202566 Beaumont Road Purley CR8 2EG
Received 28 Nov 2025Pavement O/s Leon House 233 High Street Croydon CR0 1FW
Received 28 Nov 2025Pavement O/s Leon House 233 High Street Croydon CR0 1FW
Received 28 Nov 2025Pavement O/s Sainsburys Local 6 - 9 Purley Parade High Street Purley CR8 2AB
Received 28 Nov 2025Pavement O/s Sainsburys Local 6 - 9 Purley Parade High Street Purley CR8 2AB
Received 28 Nov 2025Pavement O/s 956 Brighton Road Purley CR8 2LP
Received 28 Nov 2025Pavement O/s 956 Brighton Road Purley CR8 2LP
Received 28 Nov 2025Flat 1 71 Selhurst Road South Norwood London SE25 5QB
Received 28 Nov 202510 - 11 Purley Parade High Street Purley CR8 2AB
Received 28 Nov 202543 Welcomes Road Kenley CR8 5HA
Received 28 Nov 2025The Sandrock 152 Upper Shirley Road Croydon CR0 5HA
Received 1 Dec 202539 Croham Manor Road South Croydon CR2 7BJ
Received 1 Dec 2025Flat 1 12 Kidderminster Road Croydon CR0 2UE
Received 1 Dec 202541 Carolina Road Thornton Heath CR7 8DP
Received 1 Dec 202533 Duppas Hill Terrace Croydon CR0 4BA
Received 1 Dec 202525 Purley Bury Close Purley CR8 1HW
Received 1 Dec 2025102 Northwood Road Thornton Heath CR7 8HR
Received 1 Dec 202517 Farquharson Road Croydon CR0 2UH
Received 1 Dec 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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