52 Bensham Grove Thornton Heath CR7 8DA

23/03421/NMANon-material amendmentRefused

Discharge / amendments

Refused on 2 October 2023

Council decision: Not approvedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)

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Proposal

Non-Material Amendment (S96a) to Planning Permission ref. 19/03033/FUL for 'Demolition of existing building and erection of 2 three storey blocks comprising 6 x 1 bedroom, 7 x 2 bedroom and 4 x 3 bedroom flats'. Amendment seeks alterations to heights of proposed buildings involving an increase in height by approximately 1.0m, as well as, the associated re-wording of Condition 1 (Drawings)

Received: 6 September 2023
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: London Borough of Croydon
Ward: Thornton Heath

ReceivedReceived6 Sep
ValidatedValidated6 Sep
Consult.Consultation
TargetTarget Date4 Oct
DecidedDecided2 Oct

Decided in 26 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at 52 Bensham Grove Thornton Heath CR7 8DA. Croydon has handled 341 applications of this type. This one was decided in 26 days, 4 weeks quicker than Croydon's typical decision time. There have been 10 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 71 applications across Thornton Heath. We hold 1,530 applications in total for the CR7 postcode area.

84% of amendment 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: CR7 8DA
Application type: Non-material amendment
Scale / size: Small

Planning application dates

Date validated: 6 September 2023
Consultation start: 18 September 2023
Target decision date: 4 October 2023

Applicant and agent

Agent: Davies Murch
Agent address: 86-90 Paul Street London EC2A 4NE United Kingdom

Planning decision

Statutory period: 28 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID: PP-12403267
Comments: 0
Documents: 7
Constraints: 20

Site constraints

Checking the site

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Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

Brownfield land register: 52, Bensham GroveRegister site at or near this address · +1 more
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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10 other applications at this property, newest first.

Source: Croydon

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