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.
4,613 approved · 1,089 refused · 134 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
1391 - 1393 London Road Norbury London SW16 4AN
Received 2 Mar 20261391 - 1393 London Road Norbury London SW16 4AN
Received 2 Mar 202622 Green Lane Purley CR8 3PG
Received 3 Mar 202618 Georgia Road Thornton Heath CR7 8DQ
Received 3 Mar 202613 Rose Walk Purley CR8 3LJ
Received 3 Mar 202624 Postmill Close Croydon CR0 5DY
Received 3 Mar 2026Crystal Palace Football Club Whitehorse Lane South Norwood London SE25 6PU
Received 3 Mar 202624 Smitham Bottom Lane Purley CR8 3DA
Received 3 Mar 2026Land Adjoining East Croydon Station, Bounded By George Street (Including 1-5 Station Approach), Dingwall Road, (Including The Warehouse Theatre), Lansdowne Road And Including Land To The North Of Lansdowne Road, Croydon
Received 3 Mar 202678 Oakfield Road Croydon CR0 2UB
Received 3 Mar 202614 St Dunstan's Road South Norwood London SE25 6EU
Received 3 Mar 202634 Walsh Crescent Croydon CR0 0BX
Received 3 Mar 2026Land At 17 Thanescroft Gardens Croydon CR0 5JR
Received 3 Mar 202614 Kemble Road Croydon CR0 4JP
Received 3 Mar 2026Shackleton House 209 Purley Way Croydon CR0 4FU
Received 3 Mar 20264 Thursley Crescent Croydon CR0 0PQ
Received 3 Mar 2026Land Rear Of 13 To 73 Stafford Road Duppas Hill Road Croydon
Received 3 Mar 202630 Russell Hill Purley CR8 2JA
Received 3 Mar 20267 Ledbury Place Croydon CR0 1ET
Received 4 Mar 202653 Biggin Hill Upper Norwood London SE19 3HT
Received 4 Mar 202668 Virginia Road Thornton Heath CR7 8EJ
Received 4 Mar 2026208 Addiscombe Road Croydon CR0 7LB
Received 4 Mar 202638B Russell Hill Purley CR8 2JA
Received 4 Mar 2026Development Site Former Site Of 2 Welcomes Road Kenley CR8 5HD
Received 4 Mar 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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