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.
4,624 approved · 1,096 refused · 135 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
Land At 705 Purley Way Croydon
Received 13 Mar 202628 Northampton Road Croydon CR0 7HA
Received 13 Mar 2026Crystal Palace National Sports Centre Ledrington Road Anerley London SE19 2GA
Received 10 Mar 2026Outside Of 212 London Road Croydon CR0 2TE
Received 11 Mar 20267 Nicholson Road Croydon CR0 6QT
Received 13 Mar 202617 Springfield Road Thornton Heath CR7 8DZ
Received 10 Mar 2026150 Croham Valley Road South Croydon CR2 7RA
Received 13 Mar 2026College Green, Park Lane, Croydon CR0 1DG
Received 13 Mar 20265 Walburton Road Purley CR8 3DL
Received 9 Mar 2026106 - 108 Park Lane Croydon CR0 1JB
Received 13 Mar 202613 Cane Hill Drive Coulsdon Croydon CR5 3FR
Received 16 Mar 2026Braeside 240 Sanderstead Road South Croydon CR2 0AJ
Received 16 Mar 20261 - 3 North End Croydon CR9 1SX
Received 16 Mar 202625 Rossetti Gardens Coulsdon CR5 2LR
Received 16 Mar 20268 Keston Road Thornton Heath CR7 6BS
Received 16 Mar 202619 The Crossways Coulsdon CR5 1LF
Received 16 Mar 20261 Stoney Cottages Hollymeoak Road Coulsdon CR5 3QA
Received 16 Mar 2026Birch Selsdon 126 Addington Road South Croydon CR2 8YA
Received 16 Mar 2026Land Opposite 1 Brantwood Road South Croydon CR2 0ND
Received 11 Mar 2026129 - 131 North End Croydon CR0 1TL
Received 16 Mar 2026126 Church Road Upper Norwood London SE19 2NT
Received 16 Mar 202616 - 18 South End Croydon CR0 1DN
Received 16 Mar 2026116 Moffat Road Thornton Heath CR7 8PW
Received 16 Mar 202658 Kingswood Way South Croydon CR2 8QQ
Received 16 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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