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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.
4,666 approved · 1,108 refused · 136 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Brooklyn 12 Uplands Road Kenley CR8 5EF
Received 30 Apr 202627 Stanhope Road Croydon CR0 5NS
Received 30 Apr 202669 North End Croydon CR0 1TJ
Received 30 Apr 202689 Wellesley Road Croydon CR0 2AJ
Received 30 Apr 2026200 Beulah Hill Upper Norwood London SE19 3UX
Received 30 Apr 202678 Quail Gardens South Croydon CR2 8TF
Received 30 Apr 202611 Forrest Gardens Norbury London SW16 4LP
Received 30 Apr 202612 Craignish Avenue Norbury London SW16 4RN
Received 30 Apr 202610 Ledbury Place Croydon CR0 1ET
Received 30 Apr 2026271 Green Lane Norbury London SW16 3LY
Received 30 Apr 202695 Bradmore Way Coulsdon CR5 1PE
Received 30 Apr 202617 Downs Road Purley CR8 1DS
Received 1 May 202630A North Down South Croydon CR2 9PA
Received 1 May 202643 Foxley Lane Purley CR8 3EH
Received 1 May 2026384 King Henry's Drive Croydon CR0 0AB
Received 1 May 2026Selbourne Lancaster Road South Norwood London SE25 4DG
Received 1 May 20264 Fairways Kenley CR8 5HY
Received 1 May 202630 North End Croydon CR0 1UB
Received 1 May 2026385 London Road Croydon CR0 3PB
Received 1 May 2026111A Parchmore Road Thornton Heath CR7 8LZ
Received 1 May 2026Shop 19 Old Lodge Lane Purley CR8 4DG
Received 1 May 202676 Lower Addiscombe Road Croydon CR0 6AB
Received 1 May 20264 Gatestone Road Upper Norwood London SE19 3AT
Received 1 May 202656 Church Way South Croydon CR2 0JR
Received 1 May 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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