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.
4,416 approved · 1,026 refused · 130 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
252 High Street Croydon CR0 1PG
Received 5 Aug 2025307 Green Lane Norbury London SW16 3LU
Received 5 Aug 2025252 High Street Croydon CR0 1PG
Received 5 Aug 2025Adjacent 244 High Street Croydon CR0 1NF
Received 5 Aug 202514 Ovett Close Upper Norwood London SE19 3RX
Received 5 Aug 2025Amenity Land Ovett Close Upper Norwood London SE19 3RX
Received 5 Aug 20254 Camrose Close Croydon CR0 7XP
Received 5 Aug 20258 Coulsdon Road Coulsdon CR5 2FT
Received 6 Aug 2025109 Chaldon Way Coulsdon CR5 1DN
Received 6 Aug 20255 Moir Close South Croydon CR2 0LQ
Received 6 Aug 2025Hill Top Manchester Road Thornton Heath CR7 8NH
Received 6 Aug 2025Development Site Former Site Of 5 - 9 Surrey Street Croydon CR0 1RG
Received 6 Aug 20252 - 28 North End Croydon CR0 1UB
Received 6 Aug 2025125 Old Farleigh Road South Croydon CR2 8QH
Received 6 Aug 202517 Albatross Gardens South Croydon CR2 8QW
Received 6 Aug 202515 Cullesden Road Kenley CR8 5LR
Received 6 Aug 2025North Lodge Portnalls Road Coulsdon
Received 6 Aug 2025South Riding 16A Hook Hill South Croydon CR2 0LA
Received 6 Aug 20255 Purley Hill Purley CR8 1AP
Received 6 Aug 20255 Beech Road Norbury London SW16 4NW
Received 6 Aug 2025Cheriton Pine Close Kenley CR8 5HX
Received 6 Aug 20258 Frobisher Close Kenley CR8 5HF
Received 6 Aug 2025120 St James's Road Croydon CR0 2UJ
Received 6 Aug 202536 Selcroft Road Purley CR8 1AD
Received 6 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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