99 Downlands Road Purley CR8 4JJ

24/00400/FULFull planning permissionRefused

Full

Refused on 26 March 2024

Council decision: Permission RefusedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)

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Proposal

Erection of a first-floor extension to the existing bungalow with front and rear dormer windows; External and internal alterations to accommodate a conversion of the existing dwelling house to a pair of 3-bedroom semi-detached dwellings with associated car parking, cycle and refuse stores and private amenity spaces.

Received: 5 February 2024
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments: 32
Council: London Borough of Croydon
Ward: Purley And Woodcote

ReceivedReceived5 Feb
ValidatedValidated5 Feb
Consult.Consultation16 Mar
TargetTarget Date1 Apr
DecidedDecided26 Mar

Decided in 50 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a dormer extension at 99 Downlands Road Purley CR8 4JJ. Croydon has handled 3,635 applications of this type. This one was decided in 50 days, 6 days quicker than Croydon's typical decision time. There have been 5 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 170 applications across Purley And Woodcote. We hold 2,481 applications in total for the CR8 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: CR8 4JJ
Application type: Full planning permission
Scale / size: Small

Planning application dates

Date validated: 5 February 2024
Consultation expiry: 16 March 2024
Consultation start: 1 March 2024
Neighbour consultation start: 22 February 2024
Neighbour consultation end: 16 March 2024
Target decision date: 1 April 2024

Planning decision

Statutory period: 56 days

Appeal history

3349604

Dismissed

Type: Householder (HAS)Procedure: Written RepresentationsDecision: 19 December 2024Dev Type: Householder developmentsReason: Refusal

Additional information

Planning Portal ID: PP-12780370
Documents: 24
Constraints: 5

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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