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.
4,576 approved · 1,073 refused · 131 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 4 Jan 2019 to 9 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 13 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
67 Norbury Avenue Thornton Heath CR7 8AL
Received 19 Jan 202612 Weaver Close Croydon CR0 5TS
Received 19 Jan 20268 Cumberlands Kenley CR8 5DX
Received 19 Jan 202624 Grove Road Thornton Heath CR7 6HH
Received 19 Jan 202645 Cliff End Purley CR8 1BP
Received 19 Jan 20266 Scarbrook Road Croydon CR0 1UH
Received 19 Jan 202626 Crossways South Croydon CR2 8JL
Received 19 Jan 2026Flat 1 28 Roke Road Kenley CR8 5DY
Received 19 Jan 2026Development Site Former Site Of 17 - 21 Dingwall Road Croydon CR0 2NA
Received 12 Jan 202679 South Norwood Hill South Norwood London SE25 6BY
Received 19 Jan 20269 Shelley Close Coulsdon CR5 2LT
Received 19 Jan 2026111 Canterbury Road Croydon CR0 3HH
Received 19 Jan 202678 Guildford Road Croydon CR0 2HJ
Received 19 Jan 202622 Selwood Road Croydon CR0 7JR
Received 20 Jan 202654 Lansdowne Road Croydon CR0 2BD
Received 20 Jan 2026135A North End Croydon CR0 1TN
Received 20 Jan 2026First Floor And Second Floor Masionette 77 St Peter's Road Croydon CR0 1HS
Received 20 Jan 2026161 Woodside Green South Norwood London SE25 5HY
Received 19 Jan 202619 Mitcham Road Croydon CR0 3RU
Received 20 Jan 20261 Cheston Avenue Croydon CR0 8DE
Received 20 Jan 20261A Woodplace Close Coulsdon CR5 1NA
Received 20 Jan 2026115 Mitchley Avenue South Croydon CR2 9HP
Received 20 Jan 202645A Lower Addiscombe Road Croydon CR0 6PQ
Received 21 Jan 2026Former Gas Distribution Station Factory Lane Croydon CR0 3RL
Received 21 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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