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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4,666 approved · 1,108 refused · 136 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Oak Cottage 7 Briar Hill Purley CR8 3LF
Received 5 May 20264 Farm Fields South Croydon CR2 0HL
Received 5 May 2026Upper Flat 197 Church Road Upper Norwood London SE19 2PS
Received 5 May 2026Central House 27 Park Street Croydon CR0 1YD
Received 5 May 2026Central House 27 Park Street Croydon CR0 1YD
Received 5 May 20263 Duppas Hill Terrace Croydon CR0 4BA
Received 5 May 20264 Montague Avenue South Croydon CR2 9NH
Received 5 May 202627 Orchard Rise Croydon CR0 7QZ
Received 5 May 202686 Capri Road Croydon CR0 6LF
Received 5 May 202656 Church Way South Croydon CR2 0JR
Received 5 May 202621 Kilmartin Avenue Norbury London SW16 4RE
Received 5 May 2026Wallington Nurseries 4A Woodmansterne Lane Wallington SM6 0SU
Received 30 Apr 202628 Mount Park Avenue South Croydon CR2 6DG
Received 5 May 202628 Mount Park Avenue South Croydon CR2 6DG
Received 5 May 202616 Stafford Road Croydon CR0 4NL
Received 5 May 20269 Walburton Road Purley CR8 3DL
Received 5 May 202656 Pollards Hill South Norbury London SW16 4NB
Received 1 May 202673 Bradmore Way Coulsdon CR5 1PE
Received 5 May 202612 Wattendon Road Kenley CR8 5LU
Received 5 May 2026Works Rear Of 209 - 225 Davidson Road Croydon CR0 6DP
Received 5 May 2026Verge Adjacent To Kent Gateway At Roundabout Selsdon Park Road South Croydon, CR2 8JH
Received 5 May 202629A Southbridge Road Croydon CR0 1AG
Received 5 May 202638B Russell Hill Purley CR8 2JA
Received 5 May 202622 St Stephen's Crescent Thornton Heath CR7 7NP
Received 6 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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