O planning approval rate
O ward in Croydon has a 95.5% approval rate based on 89 planning decisions. Croydon overall: 80.8%.
Last updated: April 2026
95.5%
ward approval rate
89
Decisions
85
Approved
4
Refused
80.8%
Croydon average
O is 14.7 percentage points above the Croydon average, making it one of the more permissive wards in this council area. Applications here have historically faced lower refusal rates.
How O compares
O ward
95.5%
Croydon overall
80.8%
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Recent decisions in O
26/00211/AUT
Change of use of the site from Class F1 (Learning and non residential institutio · 16/02/2026
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Less than one set of revised drawings. Based on 38,435 decisions.