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.
4,494 approved · 1,049 refused · 131 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
823 - 825 Brighton Road Purley CR8 2BJ
Received 8 Oct 202530 Headcorn Road Thornton Heath CR7 6JP
Received 8 Oct 202547 Leander Road Thornton Heath CR7 6JY
Received 8 Oct 202549 Leander Road Thornton Heath CR7 6JY
Received 8 Oct 2025823 - 825 Brighton Road Purley CR8 2BJ
Received 8 Oct 202589 Christian Fields Norbury London SW16 3JU
Received 7 Oct 2025823 - 825 Brighton Road Purley CR8 2BJ
Received 8 Oct 2025823 - 825 Brighton Road Purley CR8 2BJ
Received 8 Oct 2025Purley Car Park Whytecliffe Road South Purley CR8 2AH
Received 8 Oct 2025Land At 3-5 Barrowsfield South Croydon CR2 9BZ
Received 8 Oct 2025823 - 825 Brighton Road Purley CR8 2BJ
Received 8 Oct 202547 Bridle Road Croydon CR0 8HN
Received 8 Oct 2025Thurlstone 1A Woodcote Park Avenue Purley CR8 3NH
Received 8 Oct 202546 And 48 Clarendon Road Croydon CR0 3SG
Received 8 Oct 202545 Wilhelmina Avenue Coulsdon CR5 1NL
Received 8 Oct 202519 Edith Road South Norwood London SE25 5PG
Received 8 Oct 202516 Watson Place South Norwood London SE25 5EX
Received 7 Oct 202576 London Road Croydon CR0 2TB
Received 8 Oct 202564 Selsdon Road South Croydon CR2 6PE
Received 8 Oct 202548 Ingram Road Thornton Heath CR7 8EB
Received 8 Oct 202512 Frensham Road Kenley CR8 5NS
Received 8 Oct 202512 Frensham Road Kenley CR8 5NS
Received 8 Oct 202512 Sunnycroft Road South Norwood London SE25 4TB
Received 8 Oct 202564 Hathaway Road Croydon CR0 2TP
Received 9 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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