Skip to content

23B High Street South Norwood London SE25 6EZ

24/02500/GPDOPrior Appvl - Class E to (dwellings) C3Refused
Outline / PiP

Refused on 13 November 2025

Council decision: (Approval) refusedDelegated (officer decision)1 reason for refusal

Approximate site (title boundary)
Boundary © HM Land Registry, © Ordnance Survey · details

This information is subject to Crown copyright and database rights 2026 and is reproduced with the permission of HM Land Registry. The polygons (including the associated geometry, namely x, y co-ordinates) are subject to Crown copyright and database rights 2026 Ordnance Survey AC0000851063. Conditions of use.

Proposal

The change of use from a commercial class E to residential class C3 under Schedule 2, Part 3, Class MA of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (as amended)

Received
22 July 2024
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
South Norwood
  1. Received22 Jul
  2. Validated30 Sep
  3. Consult.23 Oct
  4. Target25 Nov
  5. Decided13 Nov

Decided in 409 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application for a change of use at 23B High Street South Norwood London SE25 6EZ. Croydon has handled 1,919 applications of this type. This one was decided in 479 days, 60 weeks longer than Croydon's typical decision time. The site is in the South Norwood conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 103 applications across South Norwood. We hold 1,186 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).

Based on decided applications received in the last 3 years.Planning something similar? See what gets approved on your street

Why it was refused

  1. In the absence of a legal agreement, the application does not secure measures to mitigate the impacts of the development by reason of demands created for on-street car parking or offer a contribution towards sustainable transport initiatives in the vicinity to alleviate traffic generation created by the development. The proposal therefore conflicts with Policies DF1, T3, T4 and T6 of the London Plan (2021) and Policies SP8, DM29 and DM30 of the Croydon Local Plan (2018).

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

Postcode
SE25 6EZ
Application type
Prior Appvl - Class E to (dwellings) C3
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
30 September 2024
Consultation expiry
13 November 2024
Consultation start
30 September 2024
Neighbour consultation start
30 September 2024
Neighbour consultation end
23 October 2024
Target decision date
25 November 2024

Applicant and agent

Agent
Redwoods Projects
Architect profile
REDWOODS PROJECTS LTD
Agent address
Unit 4 Grosvenor Way London E5 9ND United Kingdom

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Site notice start
23 October 2024
Site notice end
13 November 2024

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-13265966
Comments
0
Documents
9
Constraints
11

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

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 (20)

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, 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

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© 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

Contains public sector information from the Planning London Datahub, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Track this application

Get email alerts when there is a planning decision or status change.

Get email alerts near SE25

New planning applications delivered to your inbox daily.

Around this site

Discuss this application on r/PlanningPermissionUK

For applicants and trades

Planning something similar?

See what the council approved and refused for changes of use on your street. Pick your home and get the evidence before you pay for drawings.

See what gets approved on your streetBuying this property? Report on this address