161 Gibson's Hill Norbury London SW16 3ES
Approved on 12 May 2025
Council decision: Permission GrantedDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Installation of 12x solar panels to front roof-slope.
- Received
- 28 February 2025
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Public comments
- 1
- Council
- London Borough of Croydon
- Ward
- Norbury Park
- Agent
- Prewett Bizley Architects
- ReceivedReceived28 Feb
- ValidatedValidated18 Mar
- Consult.Consultation10 Apr
- TargetTarget Date13 May
- DecidedDecided12 May
Decided in 55 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a full planning application for a solar installation at 161 Gibson's Hill Norbury London SW16 3ES. Croydon has handled 3,635 applications of this type. This one was decided in 73 days, 2 weeks longer than Croydon's typical decision time. The site is in the Norwood Grove conservation area, with 3 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 74 applications across Norbury Park. We hold 3,708 applications in total for the SW16 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
- SW16 3ES
- Application type
- Householder Application
- Scale / size
- Small
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 18 March 2025
- Consultation expiry
- 17 April 2025
- Consultation start
- 18 March 2025
- Neighbour consultation start
- 18 March 2025
- Neighbour consultation end
- 10 April 2025
- Target decision date
- 13 May 2025
- Permission expires
- 12 May 2028
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Prewett Bizley Architects
- Agent address
- 118a London Wall London EC2Y 5JA United Kingdom
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Publicity
- Last advertised
- 27 March 2025
- Advertisement expiry
- 17 April 2025
- Site notice start
- 27 March 2025
- Site notice end
- 17 April 2025
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-13798636
- Documents
- 13
- Constraints
- 7
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Conservation area: Norwood Grove
- 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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