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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.
4,715 approved · 1,121 refused · 139 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
21 Norman Avenue South Croydon CR2 0QH
Received 1 Jul 2026Woodland Way / High Trees Croydon CR0 7NF
Received 29 Jun 202647 Lorne Gardens Croydon CR0 7RZ
Received 1 Jul 20268 Cedar Walk Kenley CR8 5JL
Received 1 Jul 202615 Shaw Crescent South Croydon CR2 9JB
Received 1 Jul 202689 Riddlesdown Road Purley CR8 1DH
Received 1 Jul 20267 Waldrons Path South Croydon CR2 6LT
Received 1 Jul 202610 The Ruffetts South Croydon CR2 7LQ
Received 2 Jul 202627 Junction Road South Croydon CR2 6RB
Received 2 Jul 202611 Edward Road Croydon CR0 6DZ
Received 2 Jul 202628 Dunbar Avenue Norbury London SW16 4SD
Received 2 Jul 2026Hampton Hawkhirst Road Kenley CR8 5DL
Received 2 Jul 2026Cecil Court Addiscombe Road Croydon CR0 6SN
Received 2 Jul 2026Hartscroft Linton Glade Croydon CR0 9LA
Received 2 Jul 202618 Blossom Close South Croydon CR2 7EZ
Received 2 Jul 202623 Glenhurst Rise Upper Norwood London SE19 3XN
Received 30 Jun 202633 Selsdon Road South Croydon CR2 6PY
Received 2 Jul 202629 Blacksmiths Hill South Croydon CR2 9AZ
Received 2 Jul 202672 Kynaston Road Thornton Heath CR7 7AY
Received 2 Jul 202672 Kynaston Road Thornton Heath CR7 7AY
Received 2 Jul 202696 - 98 Braemar Avenue South Croydon CR2 0QB
Received 2 Jul 202644 Wakefield Gardens Upper Norwood London SE19 2NR
Received 3 Jul 2026New Addington Police Station Addington Village Road Croydon CR0 5AQ
Received 3 Jul 2026104 Coldharbour Road Croydon CR0 4DW
Received 3 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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