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Spurgeon's College 189 South Norwood Hill South Norwood London SE25 6DJ

24/02466/FULFull planning permissionWithdrawn
Full

Withdrawn on 21 February 2025

Council decision: Withdrawn applicationDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Demolition of the more recent eastern extension to Walker House and the southern buildings within the College grounds. Erection of a 3-storey replacement extension to the east side of Walker House, a basement extension and a new College building (the Thomas Johnson building) on the north side of the site. Erection of 42 new homes on the south and east sides of the site. Landscaping is proposed across the site along with car parking, cycle parking and refuse storage.

Received
18 July 2024
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
274
Ward
Thornton Heath
Agent
Q Square Group Ltd
  1. Received18 Jul
  2. Validated31 Jul
  3. Consult.24 Aug
  4. Target30 Oct
  5. Decided21 Feb

Decided in 205 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for demolition at Spurgeon's College 189 South Norwood Hill South Norwood London SE25 6DJ. Croydon has handled 3,635 applications of this type. It was withdrawn 218 days after it was submitted, before a decision was made. There have been 4 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 71 applications across Thornton Heath. We hold 1,185 applications in total for the SE25 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
SE25 6DJ
Application type
Full planning permission
Scale / size
Large
Number of dwellings
42

Planning application dates

Date validated
31 July 2024
Consultation expiry
29 August 2024
Consultation start
8 November 2024
Neighbour consultation start
1 August 2024
Neighbour consultation end
24 August 2024
Target decision date
30 October 2024
Permission expires
21 February 2028

Applicant and agent

Agent
Q Square Group Ltd
Agent address
85 Great Portland St (1st Floor) London W1W 7LT United Kingdom

Planning decision

Statutory period
91 days

Publicity

Last advertised
8 August 2024
Advertisement expiry
22 August 2024
Site notice start
8 August 2024
Site notice end
29 August 2024

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-12889518
Documents
58
Constraints
15

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.

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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© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

© 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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