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.
4,690 approved · 1,111 refused · 136 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
49 Derby Road Croydon CR0 3SF
Received 20 May 202625 Maryland Road Thornton Heath CR7 8DG
Received 20 May 2026326 Norbury Avenue Norbury London SW16 3RL
Received 20 May 2026Land Side Of 1 Harewood Road South Croydon CR2 7AL
Received 20 May 20269 Woodlands Grove Coulsdon CR5 3AN
Received 20 May 202658 Saxon Road South Norwood London SE25 5EH
Received 20 May 2026Hartley Court And Ravenswood Hartley Down Purley CR8 4EA
Received 20 May 202614 Abercorn Close South Croydon CR2 8TG
Received 21 May 2026Dakota House 7 Mayday Road Thornton Heath CR7 7FF
Received 18 May 2026Development Site Formerly Known As 233 Hayes Lane Kenley CR8 5HN
Received 21 May 2026Red Gables 2 Beech Avenue South Croydon CR2 0NL
Received 21 May 2026Tudor House 4 Birdhurst Road South Croydon CR2 7EA
Received 21 May 2026Ambassador House Brigstock Road Thornton Heath CR7 7JG
Received 21 May 202672 - 80 North End Croydon CR0 1UJ
Received 21 May 20264 Upfield Croydon CR0 5DP
Received 21 May 2026Centrale Car Park Tamworth Road Croydon CR0 1TY
Received 21 May 202628 Kidderminster Road Croydon CR0 2UE
Received 22 May 202622 Woodville Road Thornton Heath CR7 8LG
Received 22 May 2026190A Pampisford Road South Croydon CR2 6DB
Received 22 May 202612 Craignish Avenue Norbury London SW16 4RN
Received 22 May 202613 Gladeside Croydon CR0 7RL
Received 22 May 2026Whitehorse Manor Infants Pegasus Academy Trust Whitehorse Road Croydon CR7 8SB
Received 22 May 20262C Hermitage Road Upper Norwood London SE19 3QR
Received 22 May 2026118 Harcourt Road Thornton Heath CR7 6BW
Received 22 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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