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The Vicarage 1B St James Road Purley CR8 2DL

24/03371/FULFull planning permissionApproved
Full

Approved on 23 October 2026

Council decision: Permission Granted14 conditions

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Demolition of existing house and detached garage. Erection of double storey detached house. Alteration to driveway and associated landscaping. Alterations include changes to land level and raised terrace. (Amended drawings and description)

Received
2 October 2024
Public comments
3 · last counted 27 October 2026
Ward
Purley And Woodcote
Agent
Polar Lab Architecture
  1. Received2 Oct
  2. Validated29 Nov
  3. Consult.3 Sep
  4. Target23 Oct
  5. Decided23 Oct

Decided in 693 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for demolition at The Vicarage 1B St James Road Purley CR8 2DL. Croydon has handled 3,635 applications of this type. The site is in 1 listed building nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 170 applications across Purley And Woodcote. We hold 2,474 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 2DL
Application type
Full planning permission
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
29 November 2024
Consultation expiry
28 February 2026
Consultation start
12 February 2026
Consultation end
3 September 2026
Neighbour consultation start
12 February 2026
Neighbour consultation end
28 February 2026
Target decision date
23 October 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
Polar Lab Architecture
Architect profile
POLAR LAB ARCHITECTURE LTD
Agent address
21 Gainsborough Court Lime Grove London W12 8HS

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Site notice start
13 February 2026
Site notice end
27 February 2026

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-13453855
Documents
36
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

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

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