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4,551 approved · 1,070 refused · 131 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Knollys House And Stephenson House 17 Addiscombe Road Croydon CR0 6SR
Received 22 Dec 2025Ollatrim 39A Hollymeoak Road Coulsdon CR5 3QA
Received 22 Dec 202525 Whitworth Road South Norwood London SE25 6XQ
Received 29 Dec 20259 Furtherfield Close Croydon CR0 3DZ
Received 29 Dec 2025104 Green Lane Thornton Heath CR7 8BH
Received 29 Dec 2025160 Melfort Road Thornton Heath CR7 7RQ
Received 29 Dec 20258 Margaret Way Coulsdon CR5 1HS
Received 29 Dec 20251433B London Road Norbury London SW16 4AQ
Received 30 Dec 20251433B London Road Norbury London SW16 4AQ
Received 30 Dec 2025110 Devonshire Way Croydon CR0 8BS
Received 23 Dec 2025Purley Way Centre Drury Crescent Croydon CR0 4XU
Received 29 Dec 202513 Lime Tree Grove Croydon CR0 8AY
Received 29 Dec 2025101 Benhurst Gardens South Croydon CR2 8NZ
Received 29 Dec 202562 Winifred Road Coulsdon CR5 3JE
Received 29 Dec 20255 The Avenue Coulsdon CR5 2BN
Received 29 Dec 202516 Round Grove Croydon CR0 7PP
Received 29 Dec 20255 Sunset Gardens South Norwood London SE25 4AX
Received 29 Dec 202543 Broughton Road Thornton Heath CR7 6AG
Received 29 Dec 202512 Edgecumbe Court Ashburton Road Croydon CR0 6AQ
Received 27 Dec 202517 Springfield Road Thornton Heath CR7 8DZ
Received 29 Dec 202547A Foxley Lane Purley CR8 3EH
Received 29 Dec 202524 Smitham Bottom Lane Purley CR8 3DA
Received 29 Dec 202573 Winterbourne Road Thornton Heath CR7 7QY
Received 30 Dec 2025Land R/o 48 Albert Road South Norwood London SE25 4JE
Received 29 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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