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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.
4,599 approved · 1,079 refused · 131 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Former Gas Distribution Station Factory Lane Croydon CR0 3RL
Received 10 Feb 2026Regina Road Estate Regina Road And Sunny Bank South Norwood London SE25 4TT
Received 10 Feb 2026211 Norbury Avenue Thornton Heath CR7 8AB
Received 10 Feb 202672 Primrose Lane Croydon CR0 8YS
Received 10 Feb 202694 Spa Hill Upper Norwood London SE19 3TZ
Received 10 Feb 2026Flat 1 59A Whitehorse Road Croydon CR0 2JG
Received 11 Feb 2026128 - 130 Frant Road Thornton Heath CR7 7JU
Received 11 Feb 202643 Tower View Croydon CR0 7PY
Received 11 Feb 2026Junction With Headley Drive And Witley Crescent Croydon CR0 0QL
Received 9 Feb 2026O/S Tesco Express 23 - 27 Shirley Road Croydon CR0 7ER
Received 9 Feb 2026O/S 52 - 54 Long Lane Croydon CR0 7AN
Received 9 Feb 2026Junction With Addiscombe Road And Mapledale Avenue Croydon CR0 7LA
Received 2 Feb 2026O/S Wyvale Garden Centre 89 Waddon Way Croydon CR0 4HY
Received 9 Feb 2026Croham Road Junction With Melville Avenue South Croydon CR2 7YN
Received 9 Feb 2026Green Fronting Page Crescent And Denning Avenue Croydon CR0 4DT
Received 9 Feb 20269 Copse View South Croydon CR2 8HL
Received 11 Feb 20261433 - 1435 London Road Norbury London SW16 4AG
Received 11 Feb 2026Rice House 170 Whitehorse Road Croydon CR0 2LA
Received 11 Feb 2026440 Wickham Road Croydon CR0 8BL
Received 3 Feb 2026104 Lower Barn Road Purley CR8 1HR
Received 11 Feb 2026106 Bradmore Way Coulsdon CR5 1PB
Received 11 Feb 20261A Graham Close Croydon CR0 8HS
Received 11 Feb 202612 Cullesden Road Kenley CR8 5LR
Received 22 Jan 202645 Godson Road Croydon CR0 4LT
Received 11 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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