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Crystal Palace Football Club Whitehorse Lane South Norwood London SE25 6PU

25/00300/CONRRemoval of ConditionApproved
Discharge / amendments

Approved on 27 March 2026

Council decision: P. Granted with 106 legal Ag. (3 months)Delegated (officer decision)45 conditions

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Variation of condition 2 (approved drawings) pursuant to planning permission reference 18/00547/FUL for the 'Extension of Main Stand to provide 8000+additional seating and additional internal floor space to be used for the operation of the football club and ancillary functions (Use Class D2), and creation of restaurant/retail unit (Use Class A1/A3). Demolition of 22-32 Wooderson Close, and works to the North East end elevation of 20 Wooderson Close. Associated reorganisation of surrounding land including but not limited to car parks with associated hard and soft landscaping. Use of the club car park as a fan plaza on match days. Pitch lengthening and the creation of accessible seating within the Whitehorse Lane Stand. Creation of new corner stand between Holmesdale Road and Arthur Wait stands. Reorganisation of floodlighting and removal of the TV Gantry at the Arthur Wait Stand.' Variations include (but not limited to) increase in height of roof, increase in depth of main stand, extension to rear of Holmesdale Road stand, creation of new car park and use of area under Holmesdale Road Stand, massing reduction adjacent to Whitehorse Lane Stand and alterations to car parks (Sainsbury's and clubs).

Received
29 January 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
14
Ward
South Norwood
  1. Received29 Jan
  2. Validated7 Feb
  3. Consult.9 Mar
  4. Target9 May
  5. Decided27 Mar

Decided in 413 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an application to vary a condition at Crystal Palace Football Club Whitehorse Lane South Norwood London SE25 6PU. Croydon has handled 1,130 applications of this type. This one was decided in 422 days, 52 weeks longer than Croydon's typical decision time. There have been 13 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 103 applications across South Norwood. We hold 1,185 applications in total for the SE25 postcode area.

75% of conditions 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 6PU
Application type
Removal of Condition
Scale / size
Large

Planning application dates

Date validated
7 February 2025
Consultation expiry
22 August 2025
Consultation start
14 February 2025
Neighbour consultation start
14 February 2025
Neighbour consultation end
9 March 2025
Target decision date
9 May 2025
Permission expires
27 March 2029

Applicant and agent

Agent
Montagu Evans
Agent address
70 St Mary Axe London EC3A 8BE

Planning decision

Statutory period
91 days

Publicity

Last advertised
27 February 2025
Advertisement expiry
13 March 2025
Site notice start
1 August 2025
Site notice end
22 August 2025

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-13730357
Documents
121

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.

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Source: Croydon

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