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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.
5,037 approved · 1,204 refused · 154 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Council Signpost Asset Column Number: 007 LA Asset ID: CIP114250 Croydon CR0 1UG
Received 29 Sept 2026128 - 130 North End Croydon CR0 1UD
Received 29 Sept 202611 - 21 Banstead Road Purley CR8 3EU
Received 29 Sept 20263 Auckland Rise Upper Norwood London SE19 2DX
Received 25 Sept 2026Sports Ground Croham Manor Road South Croydon CR2 7BG
Received 29 Sept 202629 Sherwood Road Croydon CR0 7DL
Received 29 Sept 202618 Ownstead Gardens South Croydon CR2 0HH
Received 30 Sept 202629 Briton Hill Road South Croydon CR2 0JJ
Received 30 Sept 202647 Upwood Road Norbury London SW16 5RB
Received 30 Sept 202647 Upwood Road Norbury London SW16 5RB
Received 30 Sept 20261 Serene Court 92 Foxley Lane Purley CR8 3NA
Received 30 Sept 20269 Havelock Road Croydon CR0 6QQ
Received 30 Sept 202640 Canning Road Croydon CR0 6QE
Received 1 Oct 2026121 Canterbury Road Croydon CR0 3HH
Received 1 Oct 202626 Wilks Gardens Croydon CR0 8UJ
Received 1 Oct 202623 Portnalls Rise Coulsdon CR5 3DA
Received 1 Oct 2026Whitgift School Nottingham Road South Croydon CR2 6YT
Received 1 Oct 2026Council Signpost Asset Column Number: LA Asset ID: CIP109778 Drive By: 001 Heathview Road Thornton Heath Croydon CR7 7PN CR0 1UG
Received 30 Sept 202628 Hartley Hill Purley CR8 4EL
Received 1 Oct 2026Whitgift School Nottingham Road South Croydon CR2 6YT
Received 1 Oct 202649 Rickman Hill Coulsdon CR5 3DT
Received 1 Oct 2026Garages Rear Of 31 - 49 Elmfield Way South Croydon
Received 1 Oct 20268 Highbury Avenue Thornton Heath CR7 8BN
Received 2 Oct 202616 - 18 South End Croydon CR0 1DN
Received 2 Oct 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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