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.
4,737 approved · 1,126 refused · 139 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
2 Hilton Way South Croydon CR2 9ER
Received 22 Jul 202611 Nursery Avenue Croydon CR0 5ET
Received 22 Jul 202611 Teevan Road Croydon CR0 6RP
Received 22 Jul 202651 Central Parade Croydon CR0 0JD
Received 22 Jul 202620 Rectory Park South Croydon CR2 9JN
Received 22 Jul 202622 Rectory Park South Croydon CR2 9JN
Received 22 Jul 202671 Tower View Croydon CR0 7PZ
Received 22 Jul 2026Development Site 170 Whitehorse Road Croydon CR0 2LA
Received 22 Jul 20266 Windmill Road Croydon CR0 2XN
Received 23 Jul 2026Transmitter Tower 9301 Television Station 266A South Norwood Hill South Norwood London SE25 6BQ
Received 23 Jul 20268 Brooklyn Avenue South Norwood London SE25 4NL
Received 23 Jul 20268 Dunheved Road West Thornton Heath CR7 6AP
Received 23 Jul 202624 Farley Road South Croydon CR2 8DA
Received 23 Jul 20262 Woodcote Lane Purley CR8 3HA
Received 23 Jul 20264 Wisbeach Road Croydon CR0 2LY
Received 23 Jul 202651 Ballards Way South Croydon CR2 7JP
Received 23 Jul 202651 Ballards Way South Croydon CR2 7JP
Received 23 Jul 2026Croydon High School Old Farleigh Road South Croydon CR2 8YB
Received 24 Jul 2026Car Parking Spaces Ullswater Business Park 30 Breakfield Coulsdon CR5 2HS
Received 24 Jul 20261420 - 1422 London Road Norbury London SW16 4BZ
Received 24 Jul 20261 Serene Court 92 Foxley Lane Purley CR8 3NA
Received 24 Jul 202627 The Ridge Way South Croydon CR2 0LJ
Received 27 Jul 202612 Richmond Road Thornton Heath CR7 7QB
Received 27 Jul 2026Hartley Court Hartley Down Purley CR8 4EA
Received 27 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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