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.
4,616 approved · 1,090 refused · 135 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Flat 2 134 Church Road Upper Norwood London SE19 2NT
Received 4 Mar 2026136 Croham Valley Road South Croydon CR2 7RA
Received 4 Mar 2026Unit B5 Redlands Coulsdon CR5 2HT
Received 4 Mar 202616 Court Hill South Croydon CR2 9NA
Received 4 Mar 2026Garage Block Adjoining 24 Balfour Road South Norwood London
Received 4 Mar 2026Greenvale Primary School Sandpiper Road South Croydon CR2 8PR
Received 5 Mar 2026145 The Glade Croydon CR0 7QR
Received 5 Mar 202641 Swinburne Crescent Croydon CR0 7BZ
Received 5 Mar 2026Courtyard House 1D Church Road Croydon
Received 5 Mar 202661 Keston Avenue Coulsdon CR5 1HP
Received 5 Mar 20269 Albert Road South Norwood London SE25 4JD
Received 5 Mar 202612 Knighton Close South Croydon CR2 6DP
Received 5 Mar 20264 The Grove Coulsdon CR5 2BH
Received 5 Mar 202655A Bedwardine Road Upper Norwood London SE19 3AS
Received 5 Mar 2026110 Hayes Lane Kenley CR8 5HR
Received 5 Mar 2026243 Sydenham Road Croydon CR0 2ET
Received 6 Mar 20263 - 7 Park Street Croydon CR0 1YD
Received 6 Mar 2026Shop 19 Portland Road South Norwood London SE25 4UF
Received 6 Mar 2026207 Upper Selsdon Road South Croydon CR2 0DY
Received 6 Mar 2026110 Hayes Lane Kenley CR8 5HR
Received 6 Mar 2026110 Hayes Lane Kenley CR8 5HR
Received 6 Mar 20266 Whitehall Road Thornton Heath CR7 6AE
Received 6 Mar 202699 Ockley Road Croydon CR0 3DS
Received 6 Mar 2026Development Site At 35 Whitehorse Road Croydon CR0 2JG
Received 6 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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