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.
5,006 approved · 1,196 refused · 154 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 4 Jan 2019 to 14 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 16 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Interactive planning map loads with JavaScript. Dataset sources are linked below.
Download Article 4 coverage for all authorities (CSV)
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.
Neville Court 33 Canning Road Croydon CR0 6QE
Received 3 Sept 2026125 Purley Oaks Road South Croydon CR2 0NZ
Received 2 Sept 2026Development Site Adjoining 11 Blacksmiths Hill South Croydon CR2 9AZ
Received 3 Sept 2026R/O 1433 - 1435 London Road Norbury London SW16 4AG
Received 3 Sept 202672 Reddown Road Coulsdon CR5 1AL
Received 4 Sept 202610B Hook Hill South Croydon CR2 0LA
Received 4 Sept 20265 Westfield Avenue South Croydon CR2 9JY
Received 4 Sept 2026161 Woodside Green South Norwood London SE25 5HY
Received 3 Sept 202646 Wattendon Road Kenley CR8 5LU
Received 4 Sept 2026The Hawthorns 57 Warminster Road South Norwood London SE25 4DF
Received 4 Sept 2026124 St Andrews Road Coulsdon CR5 3HD
Received 4 Sept 202615 Sylvan Hill Upper Norwood London SE19 2QB
Received 7 Sept 20264 Quadrant Road Thornton Heath CR7 7DA
Received 7 Sept 202611 Boswell Road Thornton Heath CR7 7RZ
Received 7 Sept 2026246 Norbury Avenue Norbury London SW16 3RN
Received 7 Sept 2026Appleby Lodge 82 Beulah Hill Upper Norwood London SE19 3EZ
Received 7 Sept 2026Land Former Site Of 64 - 74 Whytecliffe Road North Purley CR8 2AR
Received 7 Sept 2026The Royal Albert Public House 42 Westow Hill Upper Norwood London SE19 1RX
Received 7 Sept 2026390 London Road Croydon CR0 2SW
Received 7 Sept 202610 Warham Road South Croydon CR2 6LA
Received 7 Sept 2026Marks & Spencer Bp 3 Mitcham Road Croydon CR0 3RU
Received 7 Sept 202664 Highfield Road Purley CR8 2JG
Received 7 Sept 202660 Highfield Road Purley CR8 2JG
Received 7 Sept 20261 Greenside Road Croydon CR0 3PP
Received 7 Sept 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.
How to search planning applications
Understanding planning · 13 min read
Understand planning application documents, officer reports and decision notices. Use a reading checklist, document table and worked example to inspect a case.

Understanding planning · 13 min read
Read planning drawings, floor plans, elevations and sections. Use labelled diagrams, a drawing comparison table and revision checks to understand a proposal.

Property research · 13 min read
Understand planning approval rates with an interactive calculator, worked examples and comparison table. Check sample sizes, outcomes and coverage before comparing.
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.
Check collection coverage