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4,417 approved · 1,026 refused · 130 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Land Adjacent To 2 Denmark Road South Norwood London SE25 5QU
Received 11 Aug 2025Buddist Temple 76 Beulah Hill Upper Norwood London SE19 3EW
Received 11 Aug 202546 Nightingale Road South Croydon CR2 8PT
Received 11 Aug 20258 Digby Place Croydon CR0 5QR
Received 11 Aug 2025109 Mitcham Road Croydon CR0 3NA
Received 11 Aug 2025174 North End Croydon CR0 1UF
Received 11 Aug 2025Land At 3-5 Barrowsfield South Croydon CR2 9BZ
Received 11 Aug 202524 Wharncliffe Gardens South Norwood London SE25 6DQ
Received 12 Aug 2025Garages Rear Of 31 - 49 Elmfield Way South Croydon
Received 12 Aug 2025Garages Rear Of 31 - 49 Elmfield Way South Croydon
Received 12 Aug 20251 Penshurst Road Thornton Heath CR7 7EE
Received 12 Aug 202550 Beaumont Road Purley CR8 2EG
Received 12 Aug 2025Land At 3-5 Barrowsfield South Croydon CR2 9BZ
Received 12 Aug 202571 Broadcoombe South Croydon CR2 8HR
Received 12 Aug 202545 Bensham Grove Thornton Heath CR7 8DD
Received 12 Aug 2025163 Auckland Road Upper Norwood London SE19 2RH
Received 12 Aug 202571 Woodside Road Purley CR8 4LQ
Received 12 Aug 202551 Windmill Road Croydon CR0 2XR
Received 12 Aug 202551 Windmill Road Croydon CR0 2XR
Received 12 Aug 202594 Mayfield Road South Croydon CR2 0BF
Received 13 Aug 202532A Manor Way Purley CR8 3BH
Received 13 Aug 20254 Stoneyfield Road Coulsdon CR5 2HJ
Received 13 Aug 2025136 Clifton Road South Norwood London SE25 6QA
Received 13 Aug 2025119 Boston Road Croydon CR0 3EH
Received 13 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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