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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.
4,449 approved · 1,032 refused · 130 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
18 Grimwade Avenue Croydon CR0 5DG
Received 4 Sept 20258 Arnulls Road Norbury London SW16 3EP
Received 4 Sept 20255 - 7 Hartley Old Road Purley CR8 4HH
Received 4 Sept 2025Noel Court 23 Grenaby Road Croydon CR0 2EJ
Received 4 Sept 202511 Haydn Avenue Purley CR8 4AG
Received 4 Sept 202511 Haydn Avenue Purley CR8 4AG
Received 4 Sept 202527 White Lodge Upper Norwood London SE19 3HR
Received 4 Sept 202524 Smitham Bottom Lane Purley CR8 3DA
Received 4 Sept 2025Development Site Formerly Gas Distribution Station Factory Lane Croydon CR0 3RL
Received 4 Sept 2025Palmcroy House 387 London Road Croydon CR0 3PB
Received 5 Sept 202525 - 35 Redbarn Close Purley CR8 2AT
Received 5 Sept 2025Flats 1 - 12 15 St James's Park Croydon CR0 2UT
Received 5 Sept 202539-41 Redbarn Close Purley CR8 2AT
Received 5 Sept 202575 Lansdowne Road Croydon CR0 2BF
Received 5 Sept 2025Flats A-C 11 Nicholson Road Croydon CR0 6QT
Received 5 Sept 20251 Reed Court 3 Oakfield Road Croydon CR0 2UD
Received 5 Sept 2025Flats A - D, 161 Selhurst Road South Norwood London SE25 6LG
Received 5 Sept 20251 Westow Street Upper Norwood London SE19 3RY
Received 5 Sept 20251 New Barn Lane Whyteleafe CR3 0EX
Received 5 Sept 2025Mcdonalds Restaurant 939 London Road Thornton Heath CR7 6XJ
Received 5 Sept 202554 Woodcote Grove Road Coulsdon CR5 2AB
Received 5 Sept 20256 Ledbury Road Croydon CR0 1EP
Received 5 Sept 202511 Hermitage Road Kenley CR8 5EA
Received 5 Sept 2025Land Adjacent 26 - 28 Pampisford Road Purley CR8 2NE
Received 5 Sept 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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