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4,690 approved · 1,111 refused · 136 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
69 Mayfield Road Thornton Heath CR7 6DN
Received 26 May 202654 Grasmere Road Purley CR8 1DW
Received 26 May 202626 Marlpit Lane Coulsdon CR5 2HB
Received 26 May 202617 Purley Knoll Purley CR8 3AF
Received 26 May 2026258 Whitehorse Lane South Norwood London SE25 6UR
Received 27 May 2026Transmitter Tower 9301 Television Station 266A South Norwood Hill South Norwood London SE25 6BQ
Received 27 May 202629 Abbots Green Croydon CR0 5BL
Received 27 May 202666 Kennelwood Crescent Croydon CR0 0DQ
Received 27 May 202612 Melrose Road Coulsdon CR5 3JH
Received 27 May 202644 Fitzjames Avenue Croydon CR0 5DD
Received 27 May 202621 Rose Walk Purley CR8 3LJ
Received 28 May 202653 Biggin Hill Upper Norwood London SE19 3HT
Received 28 May 202661 Semley Road Norbury London SW16 4PL
Received 28 May 202670 High Street Croydon CR0 1NA
Received 28 May 202651 The Ruffetts South Croydon CR2 7LT
Received 28 May 202629 Mount Park Avenue South Croydon CR2 6DW
Received 28 May 202678 Woodlands Grove Coulsdon CR5 3AG
Received 28 May 2026The Fold 5 Shirley Hills Road Croydon CR0 5HQ
Received 28 May 2026Ambassador House Brigstock Road Thornton Heath CR7 7JG
Received 28 May 2026Flat 1 167 Silverleigh Road Thornton Heath CR7 6DT
Received 28 May 2026Irvine Court 3 Dunheved Road North Thornton Heath CR7 6AX
Received 29 May 202679 Tennison Road South Norwood London SE25 5RY
Received 29 May 202628 Shirley Avenue Coulsdon CR5 1QW
Received 29 May 2026East Croydon Railway Station George Street Croydon CR0 1LF
Received 29 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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