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.
4,468 approved · 1,041 refused · 131 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
1453 London Road Norbury London SW16 4AQ
Received 18 Sept 2025105 Purley Downs Road South Croydon CR2 0RH
Received 18 Sept 202523 Hollymeoak Road Coulsdon CR5 3QA
Received 18 Sept 202529 - 31 Park Street Croydon CR0 1YD
Received 18 Sept 2025208 Addiscombe Road Croydon CR0 7LB
Received 18 Sept 2025197 Northwood Road Thornton Heath CR7 8HX
Received 18 Sept 2025296 Addington Road South Croydon CR2 8LF
Received 18 Sept 202566 Church Street Croydon CR0 1RB
Received 18 Sept 2025Lulworth Raymead Avenue Thornton Heath CR7 7SB
Received 18 Sept 202568 High Street Croydon CR0 9XN
Received 18 Sept 202568 High Street Croydon CR0 9XN
Received 18 Sept 202578 Guildford Road Croydon CR0 2HJ
Received 18 Sept 202528 Palace View Croydon CR0 8QL
Received 18 Sept 202515 Sandown Road South Norwood London SE25 4XD
Received 19 Sept 20251 Gainsborough Drive South Croydon CR2 9AX
Received 19 Sept 2025Spindlewood Farm Drive Purley CR8 3LP
Received 19 Sept 202570 Bensham Manor Road Thornton Heath CR7 7AB
Received 19 Sept 2025Stovell House Surgery 188 Lower Addiscombe Road Croydon CR0 6AH
Received 17 Sept 2025328 Mitcham Road Croydon CR0 3JN
Received 19 Sept 2025Crossways Dental Practice 328 Coulsdon Road Coulsdon CR5 1EB
Received 19 Sept 2025Margetson House 20 Sydenham Road Croydon CR0 2EF
Received 19 Sept 202551 - 66 Old School Place Croydon CR0 4GA
Received 19 Sept 20253 Highdaun Drive Norbury London SW16 4LY
Received 22 Sept 202521 Mitcham Road Croydon CR0 3RW
Received 22 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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