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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.
4,589 approved · 1,078 refused · 131 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 4 Jan 2019 to 9 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 14 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
38 Ashley Road Thornton Heath CR7 6HU
Received 2 Feb 202645 Godson Road Croydon CR0 4LT
Received 2 Feb 2026Exo Court 78 Heathfield Road Croydon CR0 1EW
Received 2 Feb 2026Centrale Shopping Centre 21 North End Croydon CR0 1TY
Received 2 Feb 2026Centrale Shopping Centre 21 North End Croydon CR0 1TY
Received 2 Feb 202634 Croham Valley Road South Croydon CR2 7NB
Received 3 Feb 20262 Beech Avenue South Croydon CR2 0NL
Received 3 Feb 202612 Swinburne Crescent Croydon CR0 7BY
Received 3 Feb 2026296 Addington Road South Croydon CR2 8LF
Received 3 Feb 20266 Windmill Road Croydon CR0 2XN
Received 3 Feb 2026Chatfield Lodge 3 Chatfield Road Croydon CR0 3LA
Received 3 Feb 2026Regina Road Estate Regina Road And Sunny Bank South Norwood London SE25 4TT
Received 3 Feb 2026Regina Road Estate Regina Road And Sunny Bank South Norwood London SE25 4TT
Received 3 Feb 202637 Whitehorse Lane South Norwood London SE25 6RD
Received 3 Feb 2026319 Whitehorse Road Croydon CR0 2HR
Received 4 Feb 202612 Manor Way Purley CR8 3BH
Received 4 Feb 2026133 Wickham Road Croydon CR0 8TE
Received 4 Feb 2026Regina Road Estate Regina Road And Sunny Bank South Norwood London SE25 4TT
Received 4 Feb 202630 Russell Hill Purley CR8 2JA
Received 4 Feb 202630 Russell Hill Purley CR8 2JA
Received 4 Feb 202630 Russell Hill Purley CR8 2JA
Received 4 Feb 20261-3 Queensway, Purley Way And 12 Imperial Way Croydon CR0 4BD
Received 4 Feb 2026Trinity School Addiscombe Road Croydon CR0 7LB
Received 4 Feb 2026195 Green Lane Norbury London SW16 3LZ
Received 4 Feb 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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