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.
4,636 approved · 1,098 refused · 136 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
43 Abbots Lane Kenley CR8 5JB
Received 3 Apr 2026Longwood House 65 Kenley Lane Kenley CR8 5ED
Received 3 Apr 2026159 Auckland Road Upper Norwood London SE19 2RH
Received 7 Apr 2026159 Auckland Road Upper Norwood London SE19 2RH
Received 7 Apr 20268 Warwick Road Coulsdon CR5 2EE
Received 7 Apr 2026Crystal Palace Football Club Whitehorse Lane South Norwood London SE25 6PU
Received 7 Apr 202677 Verdayne Avenue Croydon CR0 8TW
Received 7 Apr 202648A Clyde Road Croydon CR0 6SU
Received 3 Apr 20262 Sandfield Gardens Thornton Heath CR7 8AR
Received 7 Apr 202689 Broughton Road Thornton Heath CR7 6AJ
Received 7 Apr 2026146 Lower Addiscombe Road Croydon CR0 6AF
Received 7 Apr 20263 Appledown Rise Coulsdon CR5 2DX
Received 7 Apr 202623 Homer Road Croydon CR0 7SB
Received 7 Apr 2026105 Boston Road Croydon CR0 3EH
Received 7 Apr 202644 Tindale Close South Croydon CR2 0RT
Received 6 Apr 202628B Peaks Hill Purley CR8 3JF
Received 6 Apr 202639 Christian Fields Norbury London SW16 3JY
Received 7 Apr 2026Astor House 12 Oakwood Avenue Purley CR8 1AQ
Received 7 Apr 202688 Caterham Drive Coulsdon CR5 1JG
Received 7 Apr 202688 Caterham Drive Coulsdon CR5 1JG
Received 7 Apr 202688 Caterham Drive Coulsdon CR5 1JG
Received 7 Apr 202688 Caterham Drive Coulsdon CR5 1JG
Received 7 Apr 202688 Caterham Drive Coulsdon CR5 1JG
Received 7 Apr 2026Development Site At 29 - 35 Russell Hill Road Purley CR8 2LF
Received 7 Apr 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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