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4,609 approved · 1,087 refused · 131 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
9 Sunnycroft Road South Norwood London SE25 4TB
Received 26 Feb 202643 Abbots Lane Kenley CR8 5JB
Received 26 Feb 202621 Notson Road South Norwood London SE25 4JZ
Received 26 Feb 2026118 Foxley Lane Purley CR8 3NB
Received 26 Feb 2026118A Foxley Lane Purley CR8 3NB
Received 26 Feb 2026128 Foxley Lane Purley CR8 3NE
Received 26 Feb 20265 Mulgrave Road Croydon CR0 1BL
Received 25 Feb 20267 Mulgrave Road Croydon CR0 1BL
Received 25 Feb 2026Rear Of 120 Whitehorse Road Croydon CR0 2JF
Received 26 Feb 202661 Cedar Road Croydon CR0 6UJ
Received 26 Feb 202649 Virginia Road Thornton Heath CR7 8EN
Received 26 Feb 20269 Woodlands Grove Coulsdon CR5 3AN
Received 26 Feb 202612 Sandilands Croydon CR0 5DA
Received 26 Feb 202612 Sandilands Croydon CR0 5DA
Received 26 Feb 2026922 - 930 Purley Way Purley CR8 2JL
Received 26 Feb 202616 Liverpool Road Thornton Heath CR7 8LS
Received 26 Feb 2026Rear Of 158 Lower Addiscombe Road Croydon CR0 6FW
Received 27 Feb 202623 Silver Lane Purley CR8 3HJ
Received 27 Feb 202634 Norbury Avenue Thornton Heath CR7 8AA
Received 27 Feb 202642 Dagnall Park South Norwood London SE25 6NS
Received 27 Feb 2026Land Adjacent To Academy Gardens Croydon CR0 6QH
Received 27 Feb 202654 Selsdon Park Road South Croydon CR2 8JD
Received 27 Feb 2026152 Church Road Upper Norwood London SE19 2NT
Received 27 Feb 2026Dickens House 150 Church Road Upper Norwood London SE19 2NT
Received 27 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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