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Car Showroom And Premises 139 Sanderstead Road South Croydon CR2 0PJ

20/05098/FULFull planning permissionApproved
Full

Approved on 26 February 2021

Council decision: P. Granted with 106 legal Ag. (3 months)Delegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Demolition of former car dealership building/preparation centre and the construction of a four storey building with fifth storey recess comprising a mix of 16 flats with associated cycle and refuse store, water plant housing, vehicle parking to the rear and communal amenity and play area.

Received
2 October 2020
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
9
Ward
Purley Oaks And Riddlesdown
Agent
Verve Planning Limited
  1. Received2 Oct
  2. Validated2 Oct
  3. Consult.31 Oct
  4. Target1 Jan
  5. Decided26 Feb

Decided in 147 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for demolition at Car Showroom And Premises 139 Sanderstead Road South Croydon CR2 0PJ. Croydon has handled 3,635 applications of this type. This one was decided in 147 days, 13 weeks longer than Croydon's typical decision time. There have been 3 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 58 applications across Purley Oaks And Riddlesdown. 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 0PJ
Application type
Full planning permission
Scale / size
Large
Number of dwellings
16

Planning application dates

Date validated
2 October 2020
Consultation expiry
19 November 2020
Consultation start
21 April 2021
Neighbour consultation start
8 October 2020
Neighbour consultation end
31 October 2020
Target decision date
1 January 2021
Permission expires
26 February 2024

Applicant and agent

Agent
Verve Planning Limited
Agent address
60 High Street Wimbledon SW19 5EE

Planning decision

Statutory period
91 days

Publicity

Last advertised
5 November 2020
Advertisement expiry
19 November 2020
Site notice start
21 October 2020
Site notice end
11 November 2020

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-08936803
Documents
51
Constraints
11

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Brownfield land register: Oak Lodge, Sanderstead RoadRegister site at or near this address
  • 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 (21)

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 and heritage coasts.

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

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