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The Quest Academy, Farnborough Avenue, South Croydon, CR2 8HD

13/00512/PFull planning permissionApproved
Full

Approved on 16 May 2013

Council decision: Permission GrantedPlanning committee

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

Proposal

Demolition of existing buildings; erection of single and three storey buildings to provide a new academy; formation of vehicular accesses and provision of associated works

Received
14 February 2013
Decision level
Planning committee
Public comments
3
Ward
Heathfield - Pre May18 Election
Agent
Planning & Development Associates
  1. Received14 Feb
  2. Validated19 Feb
  3. Consult.28 Mar
  4. Target21 May
  5. Decided16 May

Decided in 86 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for demolition at The Quest Academy, Farnborough Avenue, South Croydon, CR2 8HD. Croydon has handled 3,635 applications of this type. This one was decided in 91 days, 5 weeks longer than Croydon's typical decision time. There have been 5 other applications at this address. We hold 4,681 applications in total for the CR2 postcode area.

79% of full applications at London Borough of Croydon were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
CR2 8HD
Application type
Full planning permission
Scale / size
Medium

Planning application dates

Date validated
19 February 2013
Consultation expiry
28 March 2013
Consultation start
21 February 2013
Consultation end
28 March 2013
Neighbour consultation start
13 May 2013
Neighbour consultation end
28 March 2013
Target decision date
21 May 2013
Committee meeting
16 May 2013
Decision issued
21 May 2013
Permission expires
21 May 2013

Applicant and agent

Agent
Planning & Development Associates
Agent address
123 Pall Mall London Swiy 5EA

Planning decision

Statutory period
91 days

Publicity

Last advertised
7 March 2013
Advertisement expiry
28 March 2013
Site notice start
4 March 2013
Site notice end
28 March 2013

Additional information

Documents
66
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 and tree preservation orders. Ask the council if these matter.

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: Croydon

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