Building Adjoining 1A Cargreen Road South Norwood London SE25 5AD

24/00110/GPDOPrior Appvl - Class E to (dwellings) C3Refused

Outline / PiP

Refused on 7 March 2024

Council decision: (Approval) refusedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)

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Proposal

Change of use from Class E(f) Crèche/Day Nursery to 3no. C3 Dwellinghouses under Schedule 2, Part 3, Class MA of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (as amended).

Received: 11 January 2024
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments: 1
Council: London Borough of Croydon
Ward: South Norwood
Agent: VR Architects

ReceivedReceived11 Jan
ValidatedValidated11 Jan
Consult.Consultation10 Feb
TargetTarget Date7 Mar
DecidedDecided7 Mar

Decided in 56 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application for a change of use at Building Adjoining 1A Cargreen Road South Norwood London SE25 5AD. Croydon has handled 1,919 applications of this type. This one was decided in 56 days. The site is in the South Norwood conservation area. There have been 4 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 103 applications across South Norwood. We hold 1,185 applications in total for the SE25 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: SE25 5AD
Application type: Prior Appvl - Class E to (dwellings) C3
Scale / size: Small

Planning application dates

Date validated: 11 January 2024
Consultation expiry: 29 February 2024
Consultation start: 31 January 2024
Neighbour consultation start: 18 January 2024
Neighbour consultation end: 10 February 2024
Target decision date: 7 March 2024

Applicant and agent

Agent: VR Architects
Agent address: 110 Three Colt Street London E14 8AZ

Planning decision

Statutory period: 56 days

Publicity

Last advertised: 8 February 2024
Advertisement expiry: 29 February 2024
Site notice start: 8 February 2024
Site notice end: 29 February 2024

Additional information

Planning Portal ID: PP-12725795
Documents: 16
Constraints: 10

Site constraints

Checking the site

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Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

Conservation area: South Norwood
Heritage at Risk Register: South Norwood, South Norwood, Croydon
Brownfield land register: 24, Station RoadRegister 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 (19)

flood storage areas, listed buildings, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, 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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5 other applications at this property, newest first.

Source: Croydon

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