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.
4,420 approved · 1,026 refused · 130 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
119 Boston Road Croydon CR0 3EH
Received 13 Aug 202561 - 69 Beulah Road Thornton Heath CR7 8JG
Received 13 Aug 202575A Foxley Lane Purley CR8 3HP
Received 13 Aug 202562B High Street Croydon CR0 1NA
Received 13 Aug 2025Knollys House And Stephenson House 17 Addiscombe Road Croydon CR0 6SR
Received 13 Aug 202523 Hollymeoak Road Coulsdon CR5 3QA
Received 14 Aug 20251 Redwood Close Kenley CR8 5DA
Received 14 Aug 20253 Graham Road Purley CR8 2EN
Received 14 Aug 202555 Arundel Avenue South Croydon CR2 8BJ
Received 14 Aug 202593 Exeter Road Croydon CR0 6EL
Received 14 Aug 202595 Windermere Road Coulsdon CR5 2JE
Received 14 Aug 202593 Exeter Road Croydon CR0 6EL
Received 14 Aug 2025266 Addington Road South Croydon CR2 8LE
Received 14 Aug 2025Former Gas Distribution Station Factory Lane Croydon CR0 3RL
Received 14 Aug 202510 Graham Road Purley CR8 2EL
Received 15 Aug 202541 George Street Croydon CR0 1LB
Received 15 Aug 2025Whitgift School Nottingham Road South Croydon CR2 6YT
Received 15 Aug 2025Flat 7 114 Foxley Lane Purley CR8 3NB
Received 15 Aug 2025Church House 1A Old Palace Road Croydon CR0 1AX
Received 15 Aug 202512 Redwing Close South Croydon CR2 8QU
Received 15 Aug 2025106 Bradmore Way Coulsdon CR5 1PB
Received 14 Aug 2025245 Violet Lane Croydon CR0 4HN
Received 15 Aug 202574 Christian Fields Norbury London SW16 3JX
Received 15 Aug 20257 Chestnut Grove South Croydon CR2 7LL
Received 15 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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