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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.
4,462 approved · 1,038 refused · 131 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Thames Water Waddon Pumping Station Waddon Way Croydon CR0 4HY
Received 10 Sept 2025Emmanuel Centre Rockhampton Road South Croydon CR2 7AQ
Received 10 Sept 2025Ground Floor Flat 24 Gatestone Road Upper Norwood London SE19 3AT
Received 10 Sept 2025Development Site Former Site Of Morris House 2 Bensham Lane Croydon CR0 2RQ
Received 10 Sept 2025The Holt 8 Canon's Hill Coulsdon CR5 1HB
Received 10 Sept 2025The Holt 8 Canon's Hill Coulsdon CR5 1HB
Received 10 Sept 202588 - 90 - 92 - 92A Brigstock Road Thornton Heath CR7 7JA
Received 10 Sept 2025107 Bridle Road Croydon CR0 8HQ
Received 10 Sept 2025Croydon Police Station 71 Park Lane Croydon CR9 1BP
Received 10 Sept 20251433 - 1435 London Road Norbury London SW16 4AG
Received 10 Sept 202516 Steyning Close Kenley CR8 5LP
Received 10 Sept 202528 Riddlesdown Avenue Purley CR8 1JG
Received 11 Sept 202513 Gladeside Croydon CR0 7RL
Received 11 Sept 20255-9 Surrey Street Croydon CR0 1RG
Received 11 Sept 202510 Ashcroft Rise Coulsdon CR5 2SS
Received 11 Sept 2025135 North End Croydon CR0 1TN
Received 11 Sept 2025The Grange 2 Canon's Hill Coulsdon CR5 1HB
Received 11 Sept 20257 Lytchgate Close South Croydon CR2 0DX
Received 11 Sept 2025942 Brighton Road Purley CR8 2LP
Received 11 Sept 2025Street Record Cane Hill Drive Coulsdon Croydon
Received 11 Sept 2025Land To The Rear Of 164 Pampisford Road South Croydon CR2 6DA
Received 12 Sept 2025114 Headley Drive Croydon CR0 0QF
Received 12 Sept 20258 Honister Heights Purley CR8 1EU
Received 12 Sept 202565 Northampton Road Croydon CR0 7HD
Received 12 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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