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81 Caterham Drive Coulsdon CR5 1JQ

23/04247/HSEHouseholder ApplicationRefused
Householder

Refused on 1 February 2024

Council decision: Permission RefusedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Demolition of single storey extensions and outbuilding, and erection of a single storey rear extension and loft conversion, including part hip to gable roof extensions, enlarged roof, rear dormer, increase in ridge height, two side facing windows to the side gable (south east elevation), one side facing window to the side gable (north west elevation), two rooflights to the front rooflslope, five rooflights to the rear roofslope and solar panels to the front roofslope.

Received
9 November 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
2
Ward
Old Coulsdon
Agent
Jameson Architectural Surveyors
  1. Received9 Nov
  2. Validated10 Nov
  3. Consult.3 Dec
  4. Target5 Jan
  5. Decided1 Feb

Decided in 83 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for demolition at 81 Caterham Drive Coulsdon CR5 1JQ. Croydon has handled 3,634 applications of this type. This one was decided in 84 days, 4 weeks longer than Croydon's typical decision time. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 93 applications across Old Coulsdon. We hold 2,709 applications in total for the CR5 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
CR5 1JQ
Application type
Householder Application
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
10 November 2023
Consultation expiry
29 January 2024
Consultation start
10 November 2023
Neighbour consultation start
10 November 2023
Neighbour consultation end
3 December 2023
Target decision date
5 January 2024

Applicant and agent

Agent
Jameson Architectural Surveyors
Architect profile
JAMESON ARCHITECTURAL SURVEYORS LIMITED
Agent address
46 Chipstead Valley Road Coulsdon CR5 2RA United Kingdom

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Site notice start
8 January 2024
Site notice end
29 January 2024

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-12591414
Documents
9
Constraints
8

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Green belt: CroydonPart of the site
  • 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, 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

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© 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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