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.
4,609 approved · 1,087 refused · 131 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
5 Woodhyrst Gardens Kenley CR8 5LX
Received 23 Feb 202677 Wickham Road Croydon CR0 8TB
Received 23 Feb 202632 Pondfield Road Kenley CR8 5JX
Received 23 Feb 202658 Dixon Road South Norwood London SE25 6UE
Received 23 Feb 202622 Harold Road Upper Norwood London SE19 3PL
Received 23 Feb 2026111A Parchmore Road Thornton Heath CR7 8LZ
Received 23 Feb 202636A Box Ridge Avenue Purley CR8 3AQ
Received 23 Feb 202665A Foxley Lane Purley CR8 3EH
Received 23 Feb 202690 Valley Road Kenley CR8 5BU
Received 23 Feb 2026670 Mitcham Road Croydon CR0 3AB
Received 23 Feb 202630A Plough Lane Purley CR8 3QA
Received 23 Feb 202619 Briar Avenue Norbury London SW16 3AB
Received 23 Feb 202656 Lime Tree Grove Croydon CR0 8AW
Received 23 Feb 20261A Woodplace Close Coulsdon CR5 1NA
Received 23 Feb 2026Bolney Grange Havelock Road Croydon CR0 6QP
Received 23 Feb 202626 Arkwright Road South Croydon CR2 0LL
Received 23 Feb 2026122 Westcombe Avenue Croydon CR0 3DB
Received 23 Feb 2026181 Brighton Road South Croydon CR2 6EG
Received 23 Feb 202642 Crossways South Croydon CR2 8JN
Received 23 Feb 202627 Haling Park Road South Croydon CR2 6NJ
Received 23 Feb 2026126 Westleigh Avenue Coulsdon CR5 3AB
Received 24 Feb 2026Hillcrest 31 Manor Way Purley CR8 3BL
Received 24 Feb 202614 Briar Hill Purley CR8 3LE
Received 24 Feb 202662 Queen Elizabeth's Drive Croydon CR0 0HE
Received 24 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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