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.
4,945 approved · 1,183 refused · 150 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 4 Jan 2019 to 9 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 15 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
145 Gibson's Hill Norbury London SW16 3EX
Received 13 Aug 2026Decathlon 1 Trafalgar Way Croydon CR0 4XT
Received 13 Aug 2026Foxgrove Apartments 9 Wicks Way Upper Norwood London SE19 3DY
Received 13 Aug 2026107 Pollards Hill South Norbury London SW16 4LS
Received 13 Aug 2026545 Mitcham Road Croydon CR0 3AE
Received 13 Aug 2026Southern House Wellesley Grove Croydon CR0 1XG
Received 13 Aug 202690D Higher Drive Purley CR8 2HJ
Received 13 Aug 2026Land At 705 Purley Way Croydon
Received 13 Aug 20262 Beech Avenue South Croydon CR2 0NL
Received 14 Aug 20265 The Avenue Coulsdon CR5 2BN
Received 14 Aug 2026180 Albert Road South Norwood London SE25 4JX
Received 13 Aug 202696 The Glade Coulsdon CR5 1SN
Received 14 Aug 2026Land At 17 Thanescroft Gardens Croydon CR0 5JR
Received 14 Aug 2026William Court 85 Highfield Hill Upper Norwood London SE19 3QF
Received 14 Aug 202610 Warham Road South Croydon CR2 6LA
Received 14 Aug 202610 Nursery Close Croydon CR0 5EU
Received 14 Aug 202639 Woodplace Lane Coulsdon CR5 1NE
Received 17 Aug 202649 Shirley Avenue Croydon CR0 8SN
Received 17 Aug 2026Flat 1 175 Coombe Road Croydon CR0 5SQ
Received 17 Aug 2026171 Bensham Lane Thornton Heath CR7 7EW
Received 17 Aug 2026Rear Of 7 Homefield Road Coulsdon CR5 1ET
Received 17 Aug 2026Warehouse 516 London Road Thornton Heath CR7 7HQ
Received 17 Aug 20269 Driftwood Drive Kenley CR8 5HT
Received 17 Aug 20264 Stoneleigh Park Avenue Croydon CR0 7SL
Received 17 Aug 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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