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.
4,712 approved · 1,120 refused · 138 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
88 Tower View Croydon CR0 7PW
Received 26 Jun 20262 Purley Bury Avenue Purley CR8 1JB
Received 26 Jun 202644 Bradmore Way Coulsdon CR5 1PA
Received 26 Jun 202624 Hillcote Avenue Norbury London SW16 3BQ
Received 26 Jun 20267 Eland Road Croydon CR0 4LJ
Received 29 Jun 20266 Lonsdale Gardens Thornton Heath CR7 6ET
Received 29 Jun 2026Land At Shirley Oaks Road Croydon
Received 29 Jun 2026O/S 146 Selsdon Road South Croydon CR2 6PG
Received 26 Jun 2026Cressey College Denmark Road South Norwood London SE25 5RE
Received 26 Jun 202658 Downsview Road Upper Norwood London SE19 3XB
Received 29 Jun 2026128 Cherry Orchard Road Croydon CR0 6BB
Received 29 Jun 2026Garages Rear Of 50 Chipstead Avenue Thornton Heath
Received 29 Jun 202631 Copthorne Rise South Croydon CR2 9NN
Received 30 Jun 202617 St John's Road Croydon CR0 1RA
Received 30 Jun 2026149 Valley Road Kenley CR8 5BZ
Received 30 Jun 202692 - 94 South End Croydon CR0 1DQ
Received 30 Jun 2026Crystal Palace Park Thicket Road Penge London SE20 8DT
Received 26 Jun 202638 Bishops Park Road Norbury London SW16 5TS
Received 30 Jun 202641 Castlemaine Avenue South Croydon CR2 7HU
Received 30 Jun 2026108 Norbury Avenue Thornton Heath CR7 8AF
Received 30 Jun 202630 Maywater Close South Croydon CR2 0RS
Received 30 Jun 20264 Milner Road Thornton Heath CR7 8JQ
Received 30 Jun 20268 The Lawns Upper Norwood London SE19 3TS
Received 30 Jun 202638 Crest Road South Croydon CR2 7JQ
Received 1 Jul 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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