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.
4,731 approved · 1,124 refused · 139 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
36 Hatch Road Norbury London SW16 4PN
Received 20 Jul 202652 Park Road Kenley CR8 5AR
Received 20 Jul 202680 Carolina Road Thornton Heath CR7 8DL
Received 20 Jul 202632 Purley Rise Purley CR8 3BP
Received 20 Jul 202614 Virginia Road Thornton Heath CR7 8EG
Received 20 Jul 202682 Woodville Road Thornton Heath CR7 8LJ
Received 20 Jul 202610B Beech Avenue South Croydon CR2 0NL
Received 20 Jul 202675 Northampton Road Croydon CR0 7HD
Received 20 Jul 202682 Woodville Road Thornton Heath CR7 8LJ
Received 20 Jul 2026149 Valley Road Kenley CR8 5BZ
Received 20 Jul 2026Land At The Rear Of 394-398 Coulsdon Road Coulsdon CR5 1EF
Received 20 Jul 202614 Sunnydene Road Purley CR8 2DG
Received 20 Jul 2026Peter Sylvester Centre 11 Bramley Hill South Croydon CR2 6LX
Received 20 Jul 202612 Blossom Close South Croydon CR2 7EZ
Received 20 Jul 202625 Walsingham Road Croydon CR0 0HH
Received 20 Jul 202646 Frant Road Thornton Heath CR7 7JR
Received 20 Jul 202639 Lorne Gardens Croydon CR0 7RZ
Received 21 Jul 202634 Sanderstead Hill South Croydon CR2 0HA
Received 21 Jul 202621 Rose Walk Purley CR8 3LJ
Received 21 Jul 202628 Park Road Kenley CR8 5AQ
Received 21 Jul 202660 Elmfield Way South Croydon CR2 0EE
Received 21 Jul 202624 Manor Way South Croydon CR2 7BR
Received 21 Jul 20269 Honister Heights Purley CR8 1EW
Received 22 Jul 202637A Russell Hill Road Purley CR8 2LD
Received 22 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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