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Woodside Baptist Church Spring Lane South Norwood London SE25 4SP

25/00498/FULFull planning permissionApproved
Full

Approved on 17 April 2025

Council decision: Permission GrantedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Change of use of a single-storey building (Fellowship Hall) from community hall (Use Class F2(b)) to a 'work and community hub' (Use Class E(g)(i)) with associated erection of single-storey side and rear extension and single-storey building. Associated alterations including changes to the internal layout and external appearance of the single-storey halls.

Received
12 February 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
1
Ward
Woodside
Agent
Amorphous Media Ltd
  1. Received12 Feb
  2. Validated28 Feb
  3. Consult.28 Mar
  4. Target25 Apr
  5. Decided17 Apr

Decided in 48 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a rear extension at Woodside Baptist Church Spring Lane South Norwood London SE25 4SP. Croydon has handled 3,635 applications of this type. This one was decided in 64 days, 8 days longer than Croydon's typical decision time. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 74 applications across Woodside. We hold 1,185 applications in total for the SE25 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
SE25 4SP
Application type
Full planning permission
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
28 February 2025
Consultation expiry
28 March 2025
Consultation start
5 March 2025
Neighbour consultation start
5 March 2025
Neighbour consultation end
28 March 2025
Target decision date
25 April 2025
Permission expires
17 April 2028

Applicant and agent

Agent
Amorphous Media Ltd
Agent address
71-75 Shelton Street Covent Garden, London WC2H 9JQ United Kingdom

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Site notice start
5 March 2025
Site notice end
26 March 2025

Appeal history

3366869
Dismissed
Type: Householder (HAS)Procedure: Written RepresentationsDecision: 11 August 2025Dev Type: Householder developmentsReason: Refusal

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-13755292
Documents
28
Constraints
14

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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