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4,690 approved · 1,111 refused · 136 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
12 - 18 Lennard Road Croydon CR0 2UL
Received 22 May 20263 Arundel Avenue South Croydon CR2 8BG
Received 22 May 202614 Keston Road Thornton Heath CR7 6BS
Received 26 May 202668 Norman Avenue South Croydon CR2 0QE
Received 26 May 202671 Brian Avenue South Croydon CR2 9NJ
Received 26 May 202619 Downsview Road Upper Norwood London SE19 3XD
Received 26 May 202652 Selwood Road Croydon CR0 7JR
Received 26 May 20262 Beech Avenue South Croydon CR2 0NL
Received 26 May 202641 Pampisford Road Purley CR8 2NJ
Received 26 May 2026Brompton House 18 Brambledown Road South Croydon CR2 0BL
Received 26 May 2026390 London Road Croydon CR0 2SW
Received 26 May 2026Basement 304 - 306 Bensham Lane Thornton Heath CR7 7EQ
Received 26 May 2026Decathlon 1 Trafalgar Way Croydon CR0 4XT
Received 26 May 2026Unit 1 44A Gloucester Road Croydon CR0 2DA
Received 26 May 202639 Upton Road Thornton Heath CR7 8PR
Received 26 May 202630 Heathhurst Road South Croydon CR2 0BA
Received 26 May 202614A Penwortham Road South Croydon CR2 0QS
Received 26 May 202645 Godson Road Croydon CR0 4LT
Received 26 May 2026337 Selsdon Road South Croydon CR2 6PT
Received 26 May 202670 Warham Road South Croydon CR2 6LB
Received 20 May 202642 Ryecroft Road Norbury London SW16 3EQ
Received 26 May 202659 Semley Road Norbury London SW16 4PL
Received 26 May 202659 Semley Road Norbury London SW16 4PL
Received 26 May 202612 Fairdene Road Coulsdon CR5 1RA
Received 26 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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