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.
4,632 approved · 1,098 refused · 136 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
115 Dennett Road Croydon CR0 3JH
Received 24 Mar 202613 Covington Gardens Norbury London SW16 3SE
Received 24 Mar 2026Units 1 - 2 Newman Road Croydon CR0 3JX
Received 24 Mar 20266 Lawrence Road South Norwood London SE25 5AA
Received 24 Mar 20264 Quadrant Road Thornton Heath CR7 7DA
Received 25 Mar 202625 Whitethorn Gardens Croydon CR0 7LL
Received 25 Mar 202675 Norbury Court Road Norbury London SW16 4HX
Received 25 Mar 20265 Lebanon Road Croydon CR0 6UT
Received 25 Mar 2026137 Green Lane Norbury London SW16 3NA
Received 25 Mar 20263 Beaufort Gardens Norbury London SW16 3BP
Received 25 Mar 202646 Montague Avenue South Croydon CR2 9NH
Received 25 Mar 2026Stovell House Surgery 188 Lower Addiscombe Road Croydon CR0 6AH
Received 23 Mar 2026Development Site Adjoining East Croydon Station Croydon CR0 2NF
Received 23 Mar 202641 Elgin Road Croydon CR0 6XD
Received 25 Mar 2026Oak Lodge Sanderstead Road South Croydon CR2 0PB
Received 25 Mar 202621 Haling Park Road South Croydon CR2 6NJ
Received 25 Mar 202682 Stafford Road Croydon CR0 4NE
Received 25 Mar 202682 Stafford Road Croydon CR0 4NE
Received 25 Mar 202627 Hatch Road Norbury London SW16 4PW
Received 25 Mar 20262 The Close Dale Road Purley CR8 2EA
Received 26 Mar 202628 Keats Way Croydon CR0 7BX
Received 26 Mar 202611A Buttermere Gardens Purley CR8 1EJ
Received 26 Mar 202615 Woodland Way Purley CR8 2HT
Received 26 Mar 202620 Bingham Road Croydon CR0 7EB
Received 26 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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