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.
4,599 approved · 1,079 refused · 131 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
62 Dunley Drive Croydon CR0 0RY
Received 11 Feb 2026377 Addiscombe Road Croydon CR0 7LJ
Received 11 Feb 202626 Purley Downs Road Purley CR8 1HA
Received 11 Feb 202683 Blenheim Park Road South Croydon CR2 6BH
Received 12 Feb 202632 Hermitage Road Kenley CR8 5EB
Received 12 Feb 202623 Hollymeoak Road Coulsdon CR5 3QA
Received 12 Feb 2026823 - 825 Brighton Road Purley CR8 2BJ
Received 12 Feb 202638 Kersey Drive South Croydon CR2 8SX
Received 12 Feb 20262 Beech Avenue South Croydon CR2 0NL
Received 12 Feb 202628 Sandown Road South Norwood London SE25 4XE
Received 12 Feb 20262 Beech Avenue South Croydon CR2 0NL
Received 12 Feb 2026155 Tylecroft Road Norbury London SW16 4BJ
Received 13 Feb 202674 Elmwood Road Croydon CR0 2SJ
Received 13 Feb 2026152 Norbury Avenue Thornton Heath CR7 8AG
Received 13 Feb 202683 Sussex Road South Croydon CR2 7DD
Received 13 Feb 202656 Windmill Road Croydon CR0 2XP
Received 13 Feb 2026111 - 113 Brighton Road South Croydon CR2 6EE
Received 13 Feb 202687 Mitcham Road Croydon CR0 3NA
Received 13 Feb 202634 Stroud Road South Norwood London SE25 5DR
Received 13 Feb 202623 Monahan Avenue Purley CR8 3BB
Received 13 Feb 202623 Monahan Avenue Purley CR8 3BB
Received 13 Feb 2026823-825 Brighton Road Purley CR8 2BJ
Received 13 Feb 2026Interchange 81 - 85 Station Road Croydon CR0 2RD
Received 13 Feb 202666 Church Street Croydon CR0 1RB
Received 13 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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