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.
4,601 approved · 1,079 refused · 131 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
114 Coombe Lane Croydon CR0 5RF
Received 13 Feb 20269 Gladeside Croydon CR0 7RL
Received 13 Feb 202616 Birch Tree Way Croydon CR0 7JY
Received 13 Feb 2026129 Waddington Avenue Coulsdon CR5 1QP
Received 13 Feb 202689 Lancaster Road South Norwood London SE25 4BL
Received 13 Feb 202677 Warwick Road Thornton Heath CR7 7NN
Received 13 Feb 2026Development Site At 316 Old Lodge Lane Purley CR8 4AQ
Received 13 Feb 2026Land R/O 130 Brighton Road Coulsdon CR5 2ND
Received 16 Feb 2026118 Green Lane Norbury London SW16 3NB
Received 16 Feb 202668 Norman Avenue South Croydon CR2 0QE
Received 16 Feb 202628 Lacey Avenue Coulsdon CR5 1LQ
Received 16 Feb 202631 Ockley Road Croydon CR0 3DR
Received 16 Feb 20266 Bennetts Way Croydon CR0 8AA
Received 16 Feb 20261 The Paddocks Addington Village Road Croydon CR0 5AQ
Received 16 Feb 20266 Betjeman Close Coulsdon CR5 2LU
Received 16 Feb 20268 Warren Road Purley CR8 1AA
Received 16 Feb 202610 Hartley Old Road Purley CR8 4HG
Received 16 Feb 2026102 Shirley Road Croydon CR0 7EQ
Received 16 Feb 202658 Rowdown Crescent Croydon CR0 0HQ
Received 16 Feb 202632 Notson Road South Norwood London SE25 4JZ
Received 16 Feb 20263 Ownstead Gardens South Croydon CR2 0HH
Received 16 Feb 202640 Salcot Crescent Croydon CR0 0JH
Received 16 Feb 202611 Haydn Avenue Purley CR8 4AG
Received 16 Feb 202622 Bishops Close Coulsdon CR5 1HH
Received 16 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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