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.
4,551 approved · 1,070 refused · 131 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
17 Chancellor Gardens South Croydon CR2 6WB
Received 11 Dec 202546 Ryecroft Road Norbury London SW16 3EH
Received 11 Dec 20251 - 5 Addiscombe Road Croydon CR9 6AB
Received 11 Dec 2025178 Langdale Road Thornton Heath CR7 7PR
Received 12 Dec 2025840 London Road Thornton Heath CR7 7PA
Received 12 Dec 2025384 King Henry's Drive Croydon CR0 0AB
Received 12 Dec 202599 Tollers Lane Coulsdon CR5 1BG
Received 12 Dec 20255 Lovelock Close Kenley CR8 5HL
Received 12 Dec 202524 Church Hill Purley CR8 3QN
Received 12 Dec 2025The Hawthorns 57 Warminster Road South Norwood London SE25 4DF
Received 12 Dec 2025The Hawthorns 57 Warminster Road South Norwood London SE25 4DF
Received 12 Dec 2025Area Of Pavement On Brighton Road Next To The Railway Bridge And Opposite The Junction With Leaden Hill Road Coulsdon
Received 12 Dec 2025Area Of Pavement On Brighton Road Next To The Railway Bridge And Opposite The Junction With Leaden Hill Road Coulsdon
Received 12 Dec 2025Area Of Pavement On Lower Addiscombe Road In Front Of The 'Addiscombe Triangle' Green Space Croydon
Received 12 Dec 20253 Selhurst Place South Norwood London SE25 5PY
Received 12 Dec 202511 Briar Hill Purley CR8 3LF
Received 12 Dec 2025413-415 Davidson Road Croydon CR0 6DS
Received 15 Dec 202524 Hillcote Avenue Norbury London SW16 3BQ
Received 15 Dec 202541 Swinburne Crescent Croydon CR0 7BZ
Received 15 Dec 202517 The Bridle Road Purley CR8 3JB
Received 15 Dec 2025Trinity School Of John Whitgift Shirley Road Croydon CR0 7ER
Received 15 Dec 20251 Whiteoak House The Woodlands Upper Norwood London SE19 3EU
Received 15 Dec 202513 Harewood Road South Croydon CR2 7AT
Received 15 Dec 2025Mcdonalds Restaurant 939 London Road Thornton Heath CR7 6XJ
Received 15 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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