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.
4,406 approved · 1,021 refused · 130 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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 Next To 21 Keen's Road Croydon CR0 1AH
Received 28 Jul 2025First Floor,51 - 53 London Road And First Floor, The Parade, Mead Place Croydon Croydon.
Received 28 Jul 202543 Lower Barn Road Purley CR8 1HZ
Received 28 Jul 202522 Montague Avenue South Croydon CR2 9NH
Received 28 Jul 2025Cressey College Denmark Road South Norwood London SE25 5RE
Received 28 Jul 202510A Groveland Avenue Norbury London SW16 3BD
Received 28 Jul 2025151A Woodcote Valley Road Purley CR8 3BN
Received 28 Jul 2025Crystal Palace Football Club Whitehorse Lane South Norwood London SE25 6PU
Received 28 Jul 202543 Kenmore Road Kenley CR8 5NW
Received 28 Jul 20256 Badgers Walk Purley CR8 3PX
Received 28 Jul 2025Land West Of 41 Malcolm Road Coulsdon CR5 2DB
Received 28 Jul 2025Warehouse 516 London Road Thornton Heath CR7 7YG
Received 29 Jul 202514 Briar Hill Purley CR8 3LE
Received 29 Jul 202537 Stoats Nest Road Coulsdon CR5 2JJ
Received 29 Jul 202519 Clifford Road South Norwood London SE25 5JJ
Received 29 Jul 2025Basement 304 - 306 Bensham Lane Thornton Heath CR7 7EQ
Received 29 Jul 202530 Westcombe Avenue Croydon CR0 3DA
Received 29 Jul 202578 Ingram Road Thornton Heath CR7 8ED
Received 29 Jul 202539 South Way Croydon CR0 8RH
Received 29 Jul 202547 Morland Road Croydon CR0 6HA
Received 29 Jul 202515 Fairlands Avenue Thornton Heath CR7 6HD
Received 29 Jul 202592 - 94 South End Croydon CR0 1DQ
Received 29 Jul 202532 Thornhill Road Croydon CR0 2XY
Received 29 Jul 2025118 Limpsfield Road South Croydon CR2 9EF
Received 29 Jul 2025Records 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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