21 Westow Street Upper Norwood London SE19 3RY
Approved on 13 October 2025
Council decision: Approved (prior approvals only)Delegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Change of use of part of first floor from Class E to 1 bed flat (Class C3).
- Received
- 18 November 2024
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Public comments
- 1
- Council
- London Borough of Croydon
- Ward
- Crystal Palace And Upper Norwood
- Agent
- Abay Architecture
- ReceivedReceived18 Nov
- ValidatedValidated18 Nov
- Consult.Consultation22 Dec
- TargetTarget Date13 Jan
- DecidedDecided13 Oct
Decided in 329 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is an outline application for a change of use at 21 Westow Street Upper Norwood London SE19 3RY. Croydon has handled 1,919 applications of this type. This one was decided in 329 days, 39 weeks longer than Croydon's typical decision time. The site is in the Upper Norwood Triangle conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 122 applications across Crystal Palace And Upper Norwood. We hold 1,190 applications in total for the SE19 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
- SE19 3RY
- Application type
- Prior Appvl - Class E to (dwellings) C3
- Scale / size
- Small
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 18 November 2024
- Consultation expiry
- 26 December 2024
- Consultation start
- 10 January 2025
- Neighbour consultation start
- 29 November 2024
- Neighbour consultation end
- 22 December 2024
- Target decision date
- 13 January 2025
- Decision issued
- 15 October 2025
- Permission expires
- 15 October 2030
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Abay Architecture
- Agent address
- 235 The Parkway Iver Heath Buckinghamshire Iver Heath SL0 0RH
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Publicity
- Site notice start
- 5 December 2024
- Site notice end
- 26 December 2024
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-13569052
- Documents
- 10
- Constraints
- 15
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Conservation area: Upper Norwood Triangle
- 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, 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.
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