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.
5,027 approved · 1,200 refused · 154 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
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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.
16 Woodstock Road Coulsdon CR5 3HS
Received 21 Sept 20268 Furze Hill Purley CR8 3LA
Received 21 Sept 20261 Abbey Road Croydon CR0 1RU
Received 21 Sept 20269 Croham Road South Croydon CR2 7PB
Received 21 Sept 202620-28 George Street Croydon CR0 1PA
Received 21 Sept 202664 Croham Manor Road South Croydon CR2 7BF
Received 21 Sept 2026Land Adjoining 193 Church Road The Park Upper Norwood London
Received 21 Sept 2026124 Littleheath Road South Croydon CR2 7SE
Received 21 Sept 20269 Mill View Gardens Croydon CR0 5HW
Received 22 Sept 2026244 Pampisford Road South Croydon CR2 6FS
Received 22 Sept 20263 Briar Hill Purley CR8 3LF
Received 23 Sept 202618 Wharncliffe Road South Norwood London SE25 6SJ
Received 23 Sept 202689 Riddlesdown Road Purley CR8 1DH
Received 23 Sept 2026Regina Road Estate Regina Road And Sunny Bank South Norwood London SE25 4TT
Received 23 Sept 202637A Russell Hill Road Purley CR8 2LD
Received 24 Sept 202658 Ashburton Road Croydon CR0 6AN
Received 24 Sept 202622 - 24 Chipstead Valley Road Coulsdon CR5 2RA
Received 24 Sept 20269 Carlton Road South Croydon CR2 0BP
Received 24 Sept 202680 Fairdene Road Coulsdon CR5 1RE
Received 24 Sept 2026Addiscombe Recreation Ground Bingham Road Croydon
Received 25 Sept 2026Land Adjoining 1 Hambrook Road South Norwood London
Received 28 Sept 202610 Kenmare Road Thornton Heath CR7 6BN
Received 29 Sept 2026Croydon University Hospital 530 London Road Thornton Heath CR7 7YE
Received 29 Sept 2026208 Addiscombe Road Croydon CR0 7LB
Received 29 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.
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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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