Lunar House 40 Wellesley Road Croydon CR9 2BY

24/04124/GPDOPermitted

Proposal

Change of use from offices (Use Class E) to residential (Use Class C3) to create 419 self-contained flats under Schedule 2, Part 3, Class MA of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (as amended)

Submitted: 6 December 2024
Decided: 21 March 2025
Council: London Borough of Croydon

Approximate site (title boundary)

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ReceivedSubmitted6 Dec
ValidatedValidated
Consult.Consultation
TargetTarget Date
DecidedDecided21 Mar

Decided in 105 days

This is a planning application for a change of use at Lunar House 40 Wellesley Road Croydon CR9 2BY. Croydon has handled 19,498 applications of this type and approves 77% of them, typically deciding them in 55 days. This one was decided in 105 days, 7 weeks longer than Croydon's median. There has been 1 other application at this address. We hold 100 applications in total for the CR9 postcode area.

Application Details

Reference

24/04124/GPDO

Address

Lunar House 40 Wellesley Road Croydon CR9 2BY

Postcode

CR9 2BY

Local Authority

Croydon

Decision Status

Permitted

Applicant & Agent

Planning Application Dates

Date Decided

21 March 2025

Date Submitted

6 December 2024

Planning Decision

Publicity

Appeal

Additional Information

Coordinates

51.378050, -0.098897

Enriching application data

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Source: Croydon

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Planning history at this site

4 other applications at this property, newest first.

Planning constraints

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Brownfield land register: Lunar House, Wellesley RoadRegister site at or near this address · +3 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.

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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