Croydon College Annexe Barclay Road Croydon CR9 1DX

24/02133/LELDC (Proposed) Operations edgedApproved

Outline / PiP

Approved on 19 June 2025

Council decision: Lawful Dev. Cert. Granted (existing)Delegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)

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Proposal

Lawful Development Certificate application for the lawful implementation of planning permission ref. 20/00663/FUL for Demolition of existing building and redevelopment of the Croydon College Annex site to provide a new building with ground and first floor creative and cultural enterprise centre (previous Use Class D1/B1, new use Class E/F1) with ancillary exhibition space, and residential units (Class C3) above. Associated works include new landscaped public pedestrian route running through the site from north to south, private and communal amenity space for residents including play space, basement car parking and cycle parking, and temporary landscaping on southern part of the site.

Received: 21 June 2024
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: London Borough of Croydon
Ward: Fairfield
Agent: Montagu Evans LLP

ReceivedReceived21 Jun
ValidatedValidated21 Jun
Consult.Consultation
TargetTarget Date16 Aug
DecidedDecided19 Jun

Decided in 363 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application for demolition at Croydon College Annexe Barclay Road Croydon CR9 1DX. Croydon has handled 1,919 applications of this type. This one was decided in 363 days, 44 weeks longer than Croydon's typical decision time. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 101 applications across Fairfield. We hold 101 applications in total for the CR9 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: CR9 1DX
Application type: LDC (Proposed) Operations edged
Scale / size: Small

Planning application dates

Date validated: 21 June 2024
Target decision date: 16 August 2024
Permission expires: 19 June 2030

Applicant and agent

Agent: Montagu Evans LLP
Agent address: 70 St Mary Axe London EC3A 8BE

Planning decision

Statutory period: 56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID: PP-13149056
Comments: 0
Documents: 14
Constraints: 33

Site constraints

Checking the site

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

Brownfield land register: Land Adjacent To Croydon College, College RoadRegister site at or near this address · +7 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.

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Planning history at this site

7 other applications at this property, newest first.

Source: Croydon

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