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.
4,464 approved · 1,038 refused · 131 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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.
Shop 45 South End Croydon CR0 1BF
Received 15 Sept 202577A George Street Croydon CR0 1LD
Received 15 Sept 2025The Lansdowne Building 2 Lansdowne Road Croydon CR9 2ER
Received 16 Sept 202519 Vincent Road Coulsdon CR5 3DH
Received 16 Sept 2025Centrale Car Park Tamworth Road Croydon CR0 1TY
Received 16 Sept 202511 Northwood Avenue Purley CR8 2ER
Received 16 Sept 20252 Windmill Place Coulsdon Croydon CR5 1FB
Received 15 Sept 202527 Shaw Crescent South Croydon CR2 9JB
Received 16 Sept 2025129 Mersham Road Thornton Heath CR7 8NT
Received 16 Sept 2025168 Brighton Road Purley CR8 4HA
Received 17 Sept 2025Oakdene 5A Uplands Road Kenley CR8 5EE
Received 17 Sept 2025Land Development Site Former Site Of 3 Kingswood Way South Croydon CR2 8QL
Received 17 Sept 2025147A Chaldon Way Coulsdon CR5 1DP
Received 17 Sept 20257 Kittiwake Close South Croydon CR2 8SQ
Received 17 Sept 2025162 Portland Road South Norwood London SE25 4PT
Received 17 Sept 2025334 Grange Road Upper Norwood London SE19 3DQ
Received 17 Sept 202532 Coulsdon Rise Coulsdon CR5 2SB
Received 17 Sept 202575 Penge Road South Norwood London SE25 4EJ
Received 17 Sept 202515 Rectory Park South Croydon CR2 9JQ
Received 17 Sept 2025461 King Henry's Drive Croydon CR0 0AJ
Received 17 Sept 202514 Graham Close Croydon CR0 8HS
Received 17 Sept 202512 Park Road South Norwood London SE25 6LA
Received 17 Sept 202571 Tower View Croydon CR0 7PZ
Received 18 Sept 2025Onslow Farm Lane Purley CR8 3PW
Received 18 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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