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.
4,479 approved · 1,045 refused · 131 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
44 Byron Road South Croydon CR2 8DY
Received 26 Sept 202511 Blacksmiths Hill South Croydon CR2 9AZ
Received 29 Sept 20253 Olden Lane Purley CR8 2GF
Received 29 Sept 202531 St Augustine's Avenue South Croydon CR2 6JP
Received 29 Sept 202510 Coulsdon Road Coulsdon CR5 2LA
Received 29 Sept 2025Torii Pines Firs Road Kenley CR8 5LH
Received 29 Sept 202523 Bridle Road Croydon CR0 8HN
Received 29 Sept 20259 Mill View Gardens Croydon CR0 5HW
Received 29 Sept 202531 Clyde Avenue South Croydon CR2 9DN
Received 29 Sept 202599 Downlands Road Purley CR8 4JJ
Received 29 Sept 20254C Valley Road Kenley CR8 5DG
Received 29 Sept 202511 Zig Zag Road Kenley CR8 5EL
Received 29 Sept 20251 Harriet Gardens Croydon CR0 7HU
Received 29 Sept 2025Nursing Home Whitgift House 76 Brighton Road South Croydon CR2 6AB
Received 29 Sept 202527 Chatsworth Road Croydon CR0 1HE
Received 29 Sept 2025The Chapel 29 Chaucer Gardens Coulsdon Croydon
Received 29 Sept 202514 Limekiln Place Upper Norwood London SE19 2RE
Received 29 Sept 20259 Dickenson's Place South Norwood London SE25 5HL
Received 29 Sept 2025Merlewood 5A Furze Hill Purley CR8 3LB
Received 29 Sept 2025Sanctum Apartments 74 Brighton Road Purley CR8 2LJ
Received 29 Sept 202520 Pondfield Road Kenley CR8 5JX
Received 29 Sept 202530A Harold Road Upper Norwood London SE19 3PL
Received 29 Sept 202579A Central Hill Upper Norwood London SE19 1BS
Received 29 Sept 2025264 Northborough Road Norbury London SW16 4BA
Received 29 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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