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.
4,407 approved · 1,021 refused · 130 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
3 Crossways Parade Selsdon Park Road South Croydon CR2 8JJ
Received 29 Jul 202534A Selcroft Road Purley CR8 1AD
Received 30 Jul 20256 Tollers Lane Coulsdon CR5 1BA
Received 30 Jul 202519 Spring Lane South Norwood London SE25 4SP
Received 30 Jul 2025Land Rear Of 13 To 73 Stafford Road Duppas Hill Road Croydon
Received 30 Jul 20251 Days Acre South Croydon CR2 0ER
Received 30 Jul 2025112G Portland Road South Norwood London SE25 4PJ
Received 30 Jul 202534 Heneage Crescent Croydon CR0 0NX
Received 30 Jul 202511 Station Road South Norwood London SE25 5AH
Received 30 Jul 202532 Dagnall Park South Norwood London SE25 5PH
Received 30 Jul 2025224 Bensham Manor Road Thornton Heath CR7 7AW
Received 30 Jul 202512 Burrell Close Croydon CR0 7QL
Received 30 Jul 20253 Templeton Close Upper Norwood London SE19 3DD
Received 30 Jul 2025Courtyard House 1D Church Road Croydon
Received 31 Jul 202513 Abbots Lane Kenley CR8 5JB
Received 31 Jul 202522 Langland Gardens Croydon CR0 8DW
Received 30 Jul 202543 Central Parade Croydon CR0 0JD
Received 31 Jul 2025Tudor House 4 Birdhurst Road South Croydon CR2 7EA
Received 31 Jul 202518 Boswell Road Thornton Heath CR7 7RY
Received 31 Jul 202536 Florida Road Thornton Heath CR7 8EU
Received 31 Jul 2025Stovell House Surgery 188 Lower Addiscombe Road Croydon CR0 6AH
Received 30 Jul 2025Garages Rear Of 31 - 49 Elmfield Way South Croydon
Received 31 Jul 2025Garages Rear Of 31 - 49 Elmfield Way South Croydon
Received 31 Jul 202560 Oakfield Road Croydon CR0 2UB
Received 31 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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