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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.
4,597 approved · 1,078 refused · 131 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 4 Jan 2019 to 9 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 14 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
20 Greville Avenue South Croydon CR2 8NL
Received 9 Feb 202642 - 44 Chipstead Valley Road Coulsdon CR5 2RA
Received 9 Feb 2026Tudor House 4 Birdhurst Road South Croydon CR2 7EA
Received 9 Feb 2026Development Site Rear Of 35 Birchanger Road South Norwood London SE25 5BA
Received 9 Feb 20265 The Avenue Coulsdon CR5 2BN
Received 9 Feb 20261A Bynes Road South Croydon CR2 0PY
Received 9 Feb 2026Territorial Army Centre 1 Mitcham Road Croydon CR0 3RU
Received 9 Feb 202615 Sylvan Hill Upper Norwood London SE19 2QB
Received 9 Feb 202679A Northwood Road Thornton Heath CR7 8HU
Received 9 Feb 2026102 Falconwood Road Croydon CR0 9BD
Received 10 Feb 2026123 Stafford Road Croydon CR0 4NN
Received 10 Feb 20261A Pollards Hill East Norbury London SW16 4UX
Received 10 Feb 202622 Inwood Avenue Coulsdon CR5 1LN
Received 10 Feb 2026Silver Dale The South Border Purley CR8 3LD
Received 10 Feb 202611 Briar Hill Purley CR8 3LF
Received 10 Feb 202616 Postmill Close Croydon CR0 5DY
Received 10 Feb 202695 Godric Crescent Croydon CR0 0HX
Received 10 Feb 2026Shackleton House 209 Purley Way Croydon CR0 4FU
Received 10 Feb 2026Shackleton House 209 Purley Way Croydon CR0 4FU
Received 10 Feb 202654 Beulah Hill Upper Norwood London SE19 3ER
Received 10 Feb 20265 Mount Close Kenley CR8 5DP
Received 10 Feb 202619 Cameron Road Croydon CR0 2SR
Received 10 Feb 2026Land To The South Of 73 - 131 Marston Way Upper Norwood London SE19 3JB
Received 10 Feb 2026119 Winterbourne Road Thornton Heath CR7 7QZ
Received 10 Feb 2026Records 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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