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.
4,696 approved · 1,114 refused · 136 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
107 Lakehall Road Thornton Heath CR7 7EJ
Received 2 Jun 202618 Norton Gardens Norbury London SW16 4SX
Received 2 Jun 202625 Old Fox Close Coulsdon CR3 5QU
Received 2 Jun 20262 - 8 Altyre Road Croydon CR9 2LG
Received 2 Jun 202623 Hollymeoak Road Coulsdon CR5 3QA
Received 2 Jun 202610 Hawthorn Crescent South Croydon CR2 8PD
Received 2 Jun 2026Ground Floor Unit 6 Whitestone Way Croydon CR0 4WF
Received 2 Jun 202653 Essenden Road South Croydon CR2 0BW
Received 2 Jun 2026365 Lower Addiscombe Road Croydon CR0 6RG
Received 2 Jun 2026207 Farley Road South Croydon CR2 7NP
Received 2 Jun 20264 Glenside Close Kenley CR8 5AX
Received 2 Jun 2026Irvine Court 3 Dunheved Road North Thornton Heath CR7 6AX
Received 2 Jun 202682 Church Way South Croydon CR2 0JR
Received 2 Jun 202687A Whitehorse Road Croydon CR0 2JJ
Received 3 Jun 2026220 - 222 Sydenham Road Croydon CR0 2EB
Received 3 Jun 2026218 Selhurst Road South Norwood London SE25 6XU
Received 3 Jun 2026434 Chipstead Valley Road Coulsdon CR5 3BJ
Received 3 Jun 2026109 Foxley Lane Purley CR8 3HQ
Received 3 Jun 2026Royal Russell School Coombe Lane Croydon CR9 5BX
Received 3 Jun 2026149 Welcomes Road Kenley CR8 5HB
Received 3 Jun 202620 St Bernard's Croydon CR0 5UL
Received 3 Jun 202625 Beechwood Road South Croydon CR2 0AE
Received 3 Jun 202619 Mallard Road South Croydon CR2 8PX
Received 3 Jun 202614 Briar Hill Purley CR8 3LE
Received 3 Jun 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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