International House 5 Brighton Road South Croydon CR2 6EA

23/02899/GPDOPrior Appvl - Class E to (dwellings) C3Approved

Outline / PiP

Approved on 22 September 2023

Council decision: Approved (prior approvals only)Delegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)

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Proposal

Change of use of 1no. office unit (Class E) to 1no. studio. (Class C3) under Class MA of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (as amended).

Received: 25 July 2023
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments: 2
Council: London Borough of Croydon
Ward: South Croydon

ReceivedReceived25 Jul
ValidatedValidated25 Jul
Consult.Consultation26 Aug
TargetTarget Date19 Sep
DecidedDecided22 Sep

Decided in 59 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application for a change of use at International House 5 Brighton Road South Croydon CR2 6EA. Croydon has handled 1,919 applications of this type. This one was decided in 59 days, 3 days longer than Croydon's typical decision time. There have been 9 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 95 applications across South Croydon. We hold 4,685 applications in total for the CR2 postcode area.

82% of outline 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 6EA
Application type: Prior Appvl - Class E to (dwellings) C3
Scale / size: Small

Planning application dates

Date validated: 25 July 2023
Consultation expiry: 26 August 2023
Consultation start: 2 August 2023
Neighbour consultation start: 3 August 2023
Neighbour consultation end: 26 August 2023
Target decision date: 19 September 2023
Permission expires: 22 September 2028

Applicant and agent

Agent: SHW
Agent address: Corinthian House 17 Lansdowne Road Croydon CR0 2BX

Planning decision

Statutory period: 56 days

Publicity

Site notice start: 3 August 2023
Site notice end: 24 August 2023

Additional information

Planning Portal ID: PP-12304734
Documents: 18
Constraints: 13

Site constraints

Checking the site

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)
Brownfield land register: 1a, Brighton RoadRegister site at or near this address

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.

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Planning history at this site

11 other applications at this property, newest first.

Source: Croydon

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