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.
4,417 approved · 1,026 refused · 130 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
2 Welcomes Road Kenley CR8 5HD
Received 6 Aug 2025Development Site At 29 - 31 Hollymeoak Road Coulsdon CR5 3QA
Received 6 Aug 202524 Rothesay Road South Norwood London SE25 6NY
Received 7 Aug 202519 Whytecliffe Road South Purley CR8 2EZ
Received 7 Aug 2025118 Edgecoombe South Croydon CR2 8AD
Received 7 Aug 2025LAND OPPOSITE THE ADDINGTON CENTRE FAIRCHILDES AVENUE, KING HENRY'S DRIVE, CROYDON
Received 6 Aug 202570 Elmside Field Way Croydon CR0 9DU
Received 7 Aug 202542 King Henry's Drive Croydon CR0 0PA
Received 7 Aug 202562 Tedder Road South Croydon CR2 8AQ
Received 7 Aug 2025Land Adjoining Norbury Railway Station Norbury Avenue Norbury London
Received 7 Aug 202593 Calley Down Crescent Croydon CR0 0EP
Received 7 Aug 20252 Kiwi Court 84 Auckland Road Upper Norwood London SE19 2EB
Received 8 Aug 2025121 Auckland Road Upper Norwood London SE19 2DT
Received 8 Aug 202533 Purley Park Road Purley CR8 2BU
Received 8 Aug 2025Mcdonalds 518 - 522 Wickham Road Croydon CR0 8DN
Received 8 Aug 20251 Smitham Bottom Lane Purley CR8 3DE
Received 8 Aug 2025383-385 London Road Croydon CR0 3PB
Received 8 Aug 2025Villa D'alba The South Border Purley CR8 3LD
Received 11 Aug 202539A Stafford Road Croydon CR0 4NG
Received 11 Aug 202522 Southwood Avenue Coulsdon CR5 2DT
Received 11 Aug 2025London Road DNS Thornton Heath CR7 7PJ
Received 8 Aug 202522 Farnborough Crescent South Croydon CR2 8HA
Received 8 Aug 202596 Portland Road South Norwood London SE25 4PJ
Received 11 Aug 20252 Old Lodge Lane Purley CR8 4DE
Received 11 Aug 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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