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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.
4,477 approved · 1,044 refused · 131 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Pavement Opposite 222B London Road Croydon CR0 2TF
Received 24 Sept 2025Pavement Opposite 222B London Road Croydon CR0 2TF
Received 24 Sept 2025Pavement O/S 208A Selhurst Road South Norwood London SE25 6XU
Received 24 Sept 2025Pavement O/S 208A Selhurst Road South Norwood London SE25 6XU
Received 24 Sept 2025Pavement O/S 925 - 929 Brighton Road Purley CR8 2BP
Received 24 Sept 2025Pavement O/S 925 - 929 Brighton Road Purley CR8 2BP
Received 24 Sept 2025Pavement O/S Costa 102 High Street Thornton Heath CR7 8LF
Received 24 Sept 2025Pavement O/S Costa 102 High Street Thornton Heath CR7 8LF
Received 24 Sept 2025Pavement O/S Aldi Foodstore Limited 232 - 236 Addington Road South Croydon CR2 8LE
Received 24 Sept 2025Pavement O/S Aldi Foodstore Limited 232 - 236 Addington Road South Croydon CR2 8LE
Received 24 Sept 2025Pavement O/S Aumex Pharmacy 42 Central Parade Croydon CR0 0JD
Received 24 Sept 2025Pavement O/S Aumex Pharmacy 42 Central Parade Croydon CR0 0JD
Received 24 Sept 2025Pavement O/S 144 - 146 Brighton Road Coulsdon CR5 2ND
Received 24 Sept 2025Pavement O/S 144 - 146 Brighton Road Coulsdon CR5 2ND
Received 24 Sept 2025Pavement O/S Sainsburys Local, 1- 3 Suffolk House George Street Croydon CR0 1PE
Received 24 Sept 2025Pavement O/S Sainsburys Local, 1- 3 Suffolk House George Street Croydon CR0 1PE
Received 24 Sept 2025Pavement O/S Lunar House 40 Wellesley Road Croydon CR9 2BY
Received 24 Sept 2025Pavement O/S Lunar House 40 Wellesley Road Croydon CR9 2BY
Received 24 Sept 2025Development Site Rear Of 35 Birchanger Road South Norwood London SE25 5BA
Received 24 Sept 202530 Headcorn Road Thornton Heath CR7 6JP
Received 24 Sept 202547 Leander Road Thornton Heath CR7 6JY
Received 24 Sept 202549 Leander Road Thornton Heath CR7 6JY
Received 24 Sept 2025Old Palace School Old Palace Road Croydon CR0 1AX
Received 24 Sept 20256 Waterworks Yard Croydon CR0 1UL
Received 24 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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