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.
4,563 approved · 1,071 refused · 131 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Land R/O 256 Sydenham Road Croydon CR0 2EB
Received 12 Jan 20261A Brighton Road South Croydon CR2 6EA
Received 12 Jan 20262 Beech Avenue South Croydon CR2 0NL
Received 13 Jan 2026Garlands Court Chatsworth Road Croydon CR0 1HY
Received 13 Jan 2026Bensham House 324 Bensham Lane Thornton Heath CR7 7FQ
Received 13 Jan 202671 Brian Avenue South Croydon CR2 9NJ
Received 13 Jan 202638 Grove Road Thornton Heath CR7 6HL
Received 13 Jan 20265 The Avenue Coulsdon CR5 2BN
Received 13 Jan 202626 Purley Downs Road Purley CR8 1HA
Received 13 Jan 20265 Russell Parade Russell Hill Road Purley CR8 2LE
Received 13 Jan 202681 Woodcote Grove Road Coulsdon CR5 2AL
Received 13 Jan 202661 Kingswood Way South Croydon CR2 8QN
Received 13 Jan 202618 Melville Avenue South Croydon CR2 7HY
Received 13 Jan 20268 Sandpiper Road South Croydon CR2 8PR
Received 13 Jan 20262 Beech Avenue South Croydon CR2 0NL
Received 14 Jan 202656 Kendall Avenue South South Croydon CR2 0QQ
Received 14 Jan 2026Amenity Land Eskmont Ridge Upper Norwood London SE19 3PZ
Received 14 Jan 20269 Wyvell Close Croydon Croydon CR0 7DY
Received 14 Jan 20263 Whitmead Close South Croydon CR2 7AS
Received 14 Jan 2026Land R/O 58 - 60 Westow Hill Upper Norwood London SE19 1RX
Received 14 Jan 202618 Essenden Road South Croydon CR2 0BU
Received 14 Jan 2026102 Edgecoombe South Croydon CR2 8AD
Received 14 Jan 202682 Totton Road Thornton Heath CR7 7QR
Received 14 Jan 2026110 Gloucester Road Croydon CR0 2DE
Received 14 Jan 2026Records 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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