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.
4,550 approved · 1,070 refused · 131 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
27 Brookside Way Croydon CR0 7RR
Received 3 Dec 20259 Ockley Road Croydon CR0 3DR
Received 3 Dec 2025Swift Centre 41 Imperial Way Croydon CR0 4RL
Received 3 Dec 2025Chatfield Lodge 3 Chatfield Road Croydon CR0 3LA
Received 3 Dec 2025Croydon Police Station 71 Park Lane Croydon CR9 1BP
Received 3 Dec 202518 Croham Mount South Croydon CR2 0BR
Received 3 Dec 202546 Holmwood Avenue South Croydon CR2 9HY
Received 3 Dec 2025208 Addiscombe Road Croydon CR0 7LB
Received 3 Dec 20256B Beech Avenue South Croydon CR2 0NL
Received 3 Dec 20257 The Grove Coulsdon CR5 2BH
Received 3 Dec 202513 Campbell Road Croydon CR0 2SQ
Received 3 Dec 2025110 Norbury Hill Norbury London SW16 3RT
Received 3 Dec 202553 - 55 North End Croydon CR0 1TG
Received 4 Dec 20258 Famet Close Purley CR8 2DX
Received 4 Dec 2025Former National Driving Centre Marlowe Way Beddington CR0 4XS
Received 28 Nov 202588 Stanford Road Norbury London SW16 4QA
Received 4 Dec 20259 Ye Market Selsdon Road South Croydon CR2 6PW
Received 4 Dec 2025Oak Lodge Sanderstead Road South Croydon CR2 0PB
Received 4 Dec 20251 Holland Court 15 Woodplace Lane Coulsdon CR5 1NE
Received 4 Dec 20251433 - 1435 London Road Norbury London SW16 4AG
Received 4 Dec 2025145 Gibson's Hill Norbury London SW16 3EX
Received 4 Dec 20252 Dunheved Close Thornton Heath CR7 6AQ
Received 4 Dec 202511 Croham Road South Croydon CR2 7PB
Received 4 Dec 20252 Beech Avenue South Croydon CR2 0NL
Received 4 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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