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London Borough of Croydon
Planning applications.
Explore collected planning applications and decisions for London Borough of Croydon. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
Collected application statistics
Collected records · All available dates7,087Searchable applications
508Recorded as pending
81%Approval rate · 5,763 approved or refused records
1,106Refused applications
4,657 approved · 1,106 refused · 136 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Local planning information
Council sources checked 14 Sept 2026Planning information Planning and regenerationContact planning Contact building controlLocal plan Local plan 2018Pre-application advice Pre-application advice
Conservation areas and Article 4 directions
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Conservation areas20 mapped area records
Article 4 direction areasNo boundary records available in this collection
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More application records
- Decided26/01204/LP
Rear extension with internal & external alterations and demolitions & New Outbuilding
2 Watlings Close Croydon CR0 7XQ
Received 23 Apr 2026 - Decided26/01206/LP
Erection of a single storey rear extension and a hip-to-gable loft conversion with a rear dormer.
36 Hatch Road Norbury London SW16 4PN
Received 24 Apr 2026 - Decided26/01207/DISC
Details pursuant to Condition 2 Part 1 (Public Realm Design) attached to planning permission 18/03320/FUL for the demolition of the existing buildings, erection of a 7 to 9 storey building to provide 120 residential units and associated amenity space, hard and soft landscaping, boundary treatment, refuse storage, cycle parking and car parking with associated vehicle accesses.
40-60, 42 & 42A Cherry Orchard Road Croydon CR0 6BA
Received 24 Apr 2026 - Decided26/01208/DISC
Details pursuant to Condition 4 (Public Art) attached to planning permission 18/03320/FUL for the demolition of the existing buildings, erection of a 7 to 9 storey building to provide 120 residential units and associated amenity space, hard and soft landscaping, boundary treatment, refuse storage, cycle parking and car parking with associated vehicle accesses.
40-60, 42 & 42A Cherry Orchard Road Croydon CR0 6BA
Received 24 Apr 2026 - Decided26/01209/FUL
Erection of a single storey rear extension.
Ground Floor Shop 301 Brighton Road South Croydon CR2 6EQ
Received 24 Apr 2026 - Decided26/01210/LP
Erection of hip to gable roof extension and & rear dormer extensions including outbuilding.
200 Beulah Hill Upper Norwood London SE19 3UX
Received 24 Apr 2026 - Decided26/01211/HSE
Erection of a single storey rear extension.
12 Ash Tree Close Croydon CR0 7SR
Received 27 Apr 2026 - Decided26/01212/HSE
Construction of a replacement single storey rear extension to the house, with associated alterations
53 Leander Road Thornton Heath CR7 6JY
Received 27 Apr 2026 - Decided26/01213/HSE
Proposed ground floor rear extension and alterations to garden steps.
2 Eskdale Gardens Purley CR8 1EY
Received 27 Apr 2026 - Decided26/01214/GPDO
Amended description. Erection of a single storey rear extension which projects out from the rear of the original house by 4 metres, with an eaves height of 2.855 metres and a maximum height of 3.52 metres
86 Kilmartin Avenue Norbury London SW16 4QZ
Received 27 Apr 2026 - Decided26/01215/NMA
Non-material amendment to planning permission ref: 20/00350/FUL for (Erection of a two storey building (with basement and roof space accommodation) comprising 8 flats on land adjacent to Tugela Road, together with associated amenity space, waste/cycle stores, and other works as amended by Non-material amendment 25/03355/NMA). The proposed amendment seeks to vary the wording of condition 2 to allow alterations to the external massing and the introduction of roof lights.
Rice House 170 Whitehorse Road Croydon CR0 2LA
Received 27 Apr 2026 - Decided26/01216/TRE
T2 Lime - Fell due to Ganoderma Australe/Applanatum being present. Recent Tree Survey says it is fine, but communication with neighbour has worsened due to their anxieties as to the health of the tree.(TPO 44, 2007)
4 Spring Park Avenue Croydon CR0 5EG
Received 27 Apr 2026 - Decided26/01217/LP
Erection of a rear roof extension, including insertion of three rooflights to the front roofslope.
108 Ringwood Avenue Croydon CR0 3DW
Received 27 Apr 2026 - Awaiting decision26/01218/FUL
Replacement of the existing ground floor flat rear window with French doors and new access to amenity area.
30 Lancaster Road South Norwood London SE25 4AF
Received 27 Apr 2026 - Decided26/01219/PDO
To install 1 x 10m medium wooded pole.
383 Purley Way Croydon CR0 4NX
Received 23 Apr 2026 - Decided26/01220/HSE
Erection of single storey rear extension and internal alterations following demolition of extension and part of dwelling.
24 Smitham Bottom Lane Purley CR8 3DA
Received 27 Apr 2026 - Decided26/01221/GPDO
Erection of a single storey rear extension which projects out from the rear wall of the original house by 8 metres, with an eaves height of 3 metres and a maximum roof height of 3.5 metres.
72 Maryland Road Thornton Heath CR7 8DF
Received 27 Apr 2026 - Decided26/01222/LP
Erection of a two storey rear extension following demolition of existing garage, storage, conservatory and chimney.
72 Maryland Road Thornton Heath CR7 8DF
Received 27 Apr 2026 - Decided26/01223/FUL
Erection of a single-storey detached garden office building in the rear garden of Flat A (ground floor).
24A Norwich Road Thornton Heath CR7 8NA
Received 27 Apr 2026 - Decided26/01224/FUL
Rear extension to ground floor flat
23 Grove Road Thornton Heath CR7 6HN
Received 27 Apr 2026 - Decided26/01225/HSE
Part retrospective application for part single part double storey rear extension and double storey side extension
6 Bennetts Way Croydon CR0 8AA
Received 27 Apr 2026 - Decided26/01226/FUL
Alterations, installation of awnings to shopfront.
44 Westow Street Upper Norwood London SE19 3AH
Received 27 Apr 2026 - Decided26/01227/DISC
Application for approval of details reserved by condition numbers 13 (lighting) attached to planning permission ref. 21/03413/FUL [Demolition of existing buildings, erection of a five storey building (plus part lower ground floor) fronting Bensham Lane and the erection of three storey building (including lower ground floor), with a total of 75 residential dwellings, formation of vehicular accesses and provision of associated off-street parking, landscaping, refuse and cycle storage (amended description)].
Basement 304 - 306 Bensham Lane Thornton Heath CR7 7EQ
Received 27 Apr 2026 - Awaiting decision26/01228/FUL
Erection of rear and side extensions and conversion of the existing dwelling into 3 self-contained residential flats with associated amenity, cycle storage and refuse storage
2 Wellington Road Croydon CR0 2SH
Received 27 Apr 2026
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What these statistics cover
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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