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.
4,966 approved · 1,183 refused · 152 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Transmitter Tower 9301 Television Station 266A South Norwood Hill South Norwood London SE25 6BQ
Received 21 Aug 202685 Northampton Road Croydon CR0 7HD
Received 21 Aug 2026Flat First Floor 55 Beatrice Avenue Norbury London SW16 4UW
Received 21 Aug 2026254 Limpsfield Road South Croydon CR2 9DD
Received 24 Aug 2026265 Portland Road South Norwood London SE25 4XB
Received 24 Aug 202668 Hartley Old Road Purley CR8 4HJ
Received 24 Aug 202620 Dering Road Croydon CR0 1DS
Received 24 Aug 202630 Craignish Avenue Norbury London SW16 4RN
Received 24 Aug 2026296 Longheath Gardens Croydon CR0 7TZ
Received 24 Aug 202646 Coulsdon Road Coulsdon CR5 2LA
Received 24 Aug 202624 Foxley Lane Purley CR8 3ED
Received 24 Aug 202612 Fairdene Road Coulsdon CR5 1RA
Received 24 Aug 202612 Blossom Close South Croydon CR2 7EZ
Received 24 Aug 202616 Pondfield Road Kenley CR8 5JX
Received 24 Aug 202665 Nightingale Road South Croydon CR2 8PS
Received 24 Aug 2026Rutherford School 1A Melville Avenue South Croydon CR2 7HZ
Received 24 Aug 202628 Ellesmere Drive South Croydon CR2 9EJ
Received 24 Aug 2026Peter Kennedy Court 180 Orchard Way Croydon CR0 7LX
Received 24 Aug 20262 Beech Avenue South Croydon CR2 0NL
Received 24 Aug 202611 Blacksmiths Hill South Croydon CR2 9AZ
Received 24 Aug 2026Land R/O 164 Pampisford Road South Croydon CR2 6DA
Received 24 Aug 2026110 Canterbury Road Croydon CR0 3HA
Received 24 Aug 202619A Smitham Bottom Lane Purley CR8 3DE
Received 25 Aug 2026193 Ross Road South Norwood London SE25 6TN
Received 25 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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