54-56 Selsdon Park Road South Croydon CR2 8JD

23/00087/FULFull planning permissionRefused

Full

Refused on 8 September 2023

Council decision: Permission RefusedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)

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Proposal

Demolition of existing day nursery buildings (Use Class E(f)) and the erection of two four storey buildings comprising 23 residential apartments (Use Class C3), utilising the existing access off Selsdon Park Road, with associated parking provision, cycle/refuse store and communal/private amenity spaces.

Received: 9 January 2023
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments: 67
Council: London Borough of Croydon
Ward: Selsdon Vale And Forestdale

ReceivedReceived9 Jan
ValidatedValidated20 Jan
Consult.Consultation23 Feb
TargetTarget Date21 Apr
DecidedDecided8 Sep

Decided in 231 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for demolition at 54-56 Selsdon Park Road South Croydon CR2 8JD. Croydon has handled 3,635 applications of this type. This one was decided in 242 days, 27 weeks longer than Croydon's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 44 applications across Selsdon Vale And Forestdale. 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 8JD
Application type: Full planning permission
Scale / size: Large
Number of dwellings: 23

Planning application dates

Date validated: 20 January 2023
Consultation expiry: 3 March 2023
Consultation start: 20 March 2023
Neighbour consultation start: 31 January 2023
Neighbour consultation end: 23 February 2023
Target decision date: 21 April 2023

Applicant and agent

Agent: CPC
Agent address: Unit 3 Broadbridge Business Centre Delling Lane Bosham West Sussex PO18 8NF

Planning decision

Statutory period: 91 days

Publicity

Last advertised: 16 February 2023
Advertisement expiry: 2 March 2023
Site notice start: 10 February 2023
Site notice end: 3 March 2023

Appeal

Appeal reference: 23/00225/REF
Appeal status: Appeal decided
Appeal result: Withdrawn appeal

Additional information

Planning Portal ID: PP-11815710
Documents: 83
Constraints: 12

Site constraints

Checking the site

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

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.

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Planning history at this site

6 other applications at this property, newest first.

Source: Croydon

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