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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.
4,609 approved · 1,087 refused · 131 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
70B Stafford Road Croydon CR0 4NE
Received 17 Feb 202633 Mersham Road Thornton Heath CR7 8NS
Received 18 Feb 2026146 Norbury Court Road Norbury London SW16 4HY
Received 18 Feb 2026385 Addiscombe Road Croydon CR0 7LJ
Received 18 Feb 2026208 Addiscombe Road Croydon CR0 7LB
Received 18 Feb 202632A - 32B Woodside Road South Norwood London SE25 5DY
Received 18 Feb 2026Silver Pine Mowbray Road Upper Norwood London SE19 2RN
Received 18 Feb 202656 Smitham Downs Road Purley CR8 4NE
Received 18 Feb 2026102 Welcomes Road Kenley CR8 5HE
Received 18 Feb 20263 Mapledale Avenue Croydon CR0 5TE
Received 19 Feb 202638 Florence Road South Croydon CR2 0PP
Received 19 Feb 2026Development Site Former Site Of Morris House 2 Bensham Lane Croydon CR0 2RQ
Received 19 Feb 2026Garage Rear Of 73 Broughton Road Thornton Heath CR7 6AJ
Received 19 Feb 2026173 Lower Addiscombe Road Croydon CR0 6PZ
Received 19 Feb 202627 Court Road South Norwood London SE25 4BN
Received 19 Feb 202635 Pollards Hill South Norbury London SW16 4LW
Received 19 Feb 2026Land Between 136 And 138 Buller Road Thornton Heath CR7 8QZ
Received 19 Feb 2026Development Site At 33 Purley Downs Road Purley CR8 1HA
Received 20 Feb 202629 Rectory Park South Croydon CR2 9JQ
Received 20 Feb 2026Embassy Court 16 Avenue Road South Norwood London SE25 4DY
Received 20 Feb 202618 Norbury Court Road Norbury London SW16 4HT
Received 20 Feb 202658 Raymead Avenue Thornton Heath CR7 7SA
Received 20 Feb 202677 Ryecroft Road Norbury London SW16 3EN
Received 20 Feb 202629 Greville Avenue South Croydon CR2 8NN
Received 23 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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