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.
4,589 approved · 1,078 refused · 131 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
15 Kingslyn Crescent Upper Norwood London SE19 3DG
Received 4 Feb 2026Land In The Courtyard Of Old Palace School Old Palace Road Croydon CR0 1AX
Received 4 Feb 202659 Birdhurst Rise South Croydon CR2 7EJ
Received 4 Feb 2026Abingdon House School 59 Godstone Road Purley CR8 2AN
Received 5 Feb 20265 The Chase Coulsdon CR5 2EJ
Received 5 Feb 202669 - 71 South End Croydon CR0 1BF
Received 5 Feb 202623 Hollymeoak Road Coulsdon CR5 3QA
Received 5 Feb 2026Ground Floor Flat 28 Beatrice Avenue Norbury London SW16 4UN
Received 6 Feb 2026Cecil Court Addiscombe Road Croydon CR0 6SN
Received 6 Feb 202611 Hook Hill South Croydon CR2 0LB
Received 6 Feb 202627 Harrington Road South Norwood London SE25 4LU
Received 6 Feb 2026175 Brigstock Road Thornton Heath CR7 7JP
Received 6 Feb 2026Ikea Volta Way Croydon CR0 4UZ
Received 6 Feb 2026145 Brigstock Road Thornton Heath CR7 7JN
Received 6 Feb 202627 Haling Park Road South Croydon CR2 6NJ
Received 6 Feb 202611 Havelock Road Croydon CR0 6QQ
Received 6 Feb 202631 Beech Avenue South Croydon CR2 0NN
Received 9 Feb 2026138 Riddlesdown Road Purley CR8 1DE
Received 9 Feb 202649 Virginia Road Thornton Heath CR7 8EN
Received 9 Feb 202625 Charlton Gardens Coulsdon CR5 1AS
Received 9 Feb 202611 Ladbrook Road South Norwood London SE25 6QE
Received 9 Feb 202612 Waddington Avenue Coulsdon CR5 1QE
Received 9 Feb 20265 Tindale Close South Croydon CR2 0RT
Received 9 Feb 202686 Orchard Avenue Croydon CR0 7NB
Received 9 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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