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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4,576 approved · 1,073 refused · 131 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
52 Bensham Lane Croydon CR0 2RR
Received 23 Jan 2026Boulevard Point 15 Scarbrook Road Croydon CR0 1LY
Received 23 Jan 2026St Matthews Church Chichester Road Croydon CR0 5NQ
Received 23 Jan 20264 Old Lodge Lane Purley CR8 4DE
Received 23 Jan 2026116 - 118 Selsdon Road South Croydon CR2 6PG
Received 23 Jan 20261528 London Road Norbury London SW16 4EU
Received 23 Jan 2026114 Davidson Road Croydon CR0 6DE
Received 26 Jan 202634 Fox Hill Upper Norwood London SE19 2XE
Received 26 Jan 202648 Warbank Crescent Croydon CR0 0AS
Received 26 Jan 2026110 The Ridgeway Croydon CR0 4AF
Received 26 Jan 20265 Blackford Close South Croydon CR2 6BT
Received 26 Jan 202641 Maywater Close South Croydon CR2 0RS
Received 26 Jan 2026Learning And Training Development Centre Horatius Way Wallington CR9 5QU
Received 20 Jan 2026Crystal Palace National Sports Centre Ledrington Road Anerley London SE19 2GA
Received 21 Jan 2026Wadden Marsh Croydon House Peall Road Croydon CR0 3EX
Received 23 Jan 20261 Melrose Road Coulsdon CR5 3JH
Received 26 Jan 2026Development Site At 35 Whitehorse Road Croydon CR0 2JG
Received 26 Jan 2026181 Church Road Upper Norwood London SE19 2PS
Received 26 Jan 2026Arriva Bus Depot Brighton Road South Croydon CR2 6EL
Received 23 Jan 20261 - 5 Addiscombe Road Croydon CR9 6AB
Received 26 Jan 20265 Walburton Road Purley CR8 3DL
Received 26 Jan 202644 Abbots Lane Kenley CR8 5JH
Received 26 Jan 2026353 Morland Road Croydon CR0 6HF
Received 26 Jan 2026Regina Road Estate Regina Road And Sunny Bank South Norwood London SE25 4TT
Received 27 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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