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.
4,428 approved · 1,027 refused · 130 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
261 Hayes Lane Kenley CR8 5EJ
Received 15 Aug 202558 Northbrook Road Croydon CR0 2QL
Received 15 Aug 2025335 Bensham Lane Thornton Heath CR7 7ER
Received 18 Aug 202543 Tower View Croydon CR0 7PY
Received 18 Aug 202542A South End Croydon CR0 1DP
Received 18 Aug 202534 Bigginwood Road Norbury London SW16 3RZ
Received 18 Aug 202517 Curzon Road Thornton Heath CR7 6BR
Received 18 Aug 2025Theobald House 27A Theobald Road Croydon CR0 3RN
Received 18 Aug 202528A Peaks Hill Purley CR8 3JF
Received 18 Aug 202539 Hartley Hill Purley CR8 4EP
Received 18 Aug 2025335 Bensham Lane Thornton Heath CR7 7ER
Received 18 Aug 202556 Redstart Close Croydon CR0 0EU
Received 18 Aug 2025135 Pollards Hill South Norbury London SW16 4LZ
Received 18 Aug 20252 Warwick Road Coulsdon CR5 2EE
Received 18 Aug 202515 Coulsdon Court Road Coulsdon CR5 2LL
Received 18 Aug 2025Carlington House Normanton Road South Croydon CR2 7AR
Received 18 Aug 202541 Maywater Close South Croydon CR2 0RS
Received 18 Aug 202523 Hollymeoak Road Coulsdon CR5 3QA
Received 18 Aug 202578 Harrington Road South Norwood London SE25 4LY
Received 18 Aug 2025110 Norbury Hill Norbury London SW16 3RT
Received 18 Aug 2025116 Moffat Road Thornton Heath CR7 8PW
Received 18 Aug 202510-12 Dunheved Road South & Dunheved Court Thornton Heath CR7 6AD
Received 18 Aug 2025Manston Lodge 286 - 288 Brigstock Road Thornton Heath CR7 7JE
Received 19 Aug 2025275 Addiscombe Road Croydon CR0 7HY
Received 19 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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