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.
4,689 approved · 1,111 refused · 136 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
345 Selsdon Road South Croydon CR2 6PT
Received 15 May 2026Pine Lodge Firs Road Kenley CR8 5LH
Received 15 May 2026443 Streatham High Road Norbury London SW16 3PH
Received 15 May 202631 Cumberland Road South Norwood London SE25 4RE
Received 15 May 202678 Oakfield Road Croydon CR0 2UB
Received 15 May 2026110 Canterbury Road Croydon CR0 3HA
Received 18 May 2026120 Warwick Road Thornton Heath CR7 7NG
Received 18 May 20266 Firsby Avenue Croydon CR0 8TL
Received 18 May 202654 Court Avenue Coulsdon CR5 1HE
Received 18 May 202654 Court Avenue Coulsdon CR5 1HE
Received 18 May 202610 Croham Mount South Croydon CR2 0BR
Received 18 May 202650 Kenley Lane Kenley CR8 5DD
Received 18 May 2026Shell Parkway Service Station Parkway Croydon CR0 0LA
Received 18 May 2026180 Brighton Road Coulsdon CR5 2NF
Received 18 May 2026Development Site At 316 Old Lodge Lane Purley CR8 4AQ
Received 18 May 202652 Warbank Crescent Croydon CR0 0AS
Received 19 May 202671 Salcot Crescent Croydon CR0 0JP
Received 19 May 202613 Harold Road Upper Norwood London SE19 3PU
Received 19 May 2026Ellen Villas 24B Canning Road Croydon CR0 6QD
Received 19 May 2026Endlesham Court 131 Woodcote Valley Road Purley CR8 3BN
Received 19 May 202625 Woodfield Hill Coulsdon CR5 3ED
Received 19 May 2026129 Northway Road Croydon CR0 6JJ
Received 19 May 202612 - 16 Addiscombe Road Croydon CR0 0XT
Received 19 May 2026Glen View Old Lodge Lane Kenley CR8 5EU
Received 19 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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