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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.
4,479 approved · 1,045 refused · 131 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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.
The Hawthorns 57 Warminster Road South Norwood London SE25 4DF
Received 29 Sept 2025The Hawthorns 57 Warminster Road South Norwood London SE25 4DF
Received 29 Sept 202573 Winterbourne Road Thornton Heath CR7 7QY
Received 29 Sept 2025The Hawthorns 57 Warminster Road South Norwood London SE25 4DF
Received 29 Sept 202530 Russell Hill Purley CR8 2JA
Received 29 Sept 2025Alpha Court 147 Selhurst Road South Norwood London SE25 6ND
Received 29 Sept 20255 Dunsbury Drive South Croydon Croydon CR2 9FF
Received 30 Sept 20252 Namton Drive Thornton Heath CR7 6EP
Received 30 Sept 202579 Broughton Road Thornton Heath CR7 6AJ
Received 30 Sept 202532 Riddlesdown Avenue Purley CR8 1JJ
Received 30 Sept 202514 Woodcote Valley Road Purley CR8 3AG
Received 30 Sept 2025150 Ridge Langley South Croydon CR2 0AS
Received 30 Sept 20254 Ecclesbourne Road Thornton Heath CR7 7BN
Received 1 Oct 202511 Lower Barn Road Purley CR8 1HY
Received 1 Oct 202572 Ridge Langley South Croydon CR2 0AR
Received 1 Oct 2025Development Site Between 23 And 29 Hythe Road Thornton Heath CR7 8QQ
Received 1 Oct 2025Development Site Former Site Of 5 - 9 Surrey Street Croydon CR0 1RG
Received 1 Oct 202542 Canon's Hill Coulsdon CR5 1HB
Received 1 Oct 2025Kendall Cottage 1A The South Border Purley CR8 3LL
Received 1 Oct 202533 Haslemere Road Thornton Heath CR7 7BF
Received 1 Oct 2025159 Shirley Church Road Croydon CR0 5AJ
Received 1 Oct 202569 North End Croydon CR0 1TJ
Received 2 Oct 2025Beddington Landfill Restoration Land At Beddingon Lane Beddington CR0 4TD
Received 2 Oct 20251 Holland Court 15 Woodplace Lane Coulsdon CR5 1NE
Received 2 Oct 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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