Skip to content

Crystal Palace Football Club Whitehorse Lane South Norwood London SE25 6PU Croydon Council

25/00619/ADJAdjoining Authority ConsultationApproved
Discharge / amendments

Approved on 27 February 2025

Council decision: Decision - No ObjectionDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Variation of condition 2 (approved drawings) pursuant to planning permission reference 18/00547/FUL for the 'Extension of Main Stand to provide 8000+additional seating and additional internal floor space to be used for the operation of the football club and ancillary functions (Use Class D2), and creation of restaurant/retail unit (Use Class A1/A3). Demolition of 22-32 Wooderson Close, and works to the North East end elevation of 20 Wooderson Close. Associated reorganisation of surrounding land including but not limited to car parks with associated hard and soft landscaping. Use of the club car park as a fan plaza on match days. Pitch lengthening and the creation of accessible seating within the Whitehorse Lane Stand. Creation of new corner stand between Holmesdale Road and Arthur Wait stands. Reorganisation of floodlighting and removal of the TV Gantry at the Arthur Wait Stand.' Variations include (but not limited to) increase in height of roof, increase in depth of main stand, extension to rear of Holmesdale Road stand, creation of new car park and use of area under Holmesdale Road Stand, massing reduction adjacent to Whitehorse Lane Stand and alterations to car parks(Sainsbury's and clubs) CONSULTATION BY LONDON BOROUGH OF CROYDON

Received
14 February 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Adjacent Local Authority
  1. Received14 Feb
  2. Validated14 Feb
  3. Consult.13 Mar
  4. Target7 Mar
  5. Decided27 Feb

Decided in 13 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application for demolition at Crystal Palace Football Club Whitehorse Lane South Norwood London SE25 6PU Croydon Council. Bromley has handled 2,558 applications of this type. This one was decided in 13 days, 6 weeks quicker than Bromley's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 1,185 applications in total for the SE25 postcode area.

77% of outline applications at London Borough of Bromley were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

Based on decided applications received in the last 3 years.See what's approved near your address

Application details

Postcode
SE25 6PU
Application type
Adjoining Authority Consultation
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
14 February 2025
Consultation expiry
13 March 2025
Consultation start
20 February 2025
Consultation end
13 March 2025
Last date for comments
13 March 2025
Target decision date
7 March 2025

Planning decision

Statutory period
21 days

Additional information

Documents
8
Constraints
1

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Not published by this council, so not checked: Article 4 directions. Ask the council if these matter.

Possibly incomplete for this council: tree preservation orders.

Also checked, none recorded (22)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, nutrient neutrality catchments, national parks, National Landscapes, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves, heritage coasts and brownfield registers.

A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Bromley

Contains public sector information from the Planning London Datahub, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Track this application

Get email alerts when there is a planning decision or status change.

Get email alerts near SE25

New planning applications delivered to your inbox daily.

Around this site

Discuss this application on r/PlanningPermissionUK

For applicants and trades

What's been approved on your street?

See what the council approved and refused near this address for the project you have in mind, and the rules that apply here.

Get The Signal Report