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37 Whitehorse Lane South Norwood London SE25 6RD

25/00987/FULFull planning permissionApproved
Full

Approved on 12 January 2026

Council decision: P. Granted with 106 legal Ag. (3 months)Delegated (officer decision)9 conditions

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Part conversion of existing building to form 2 flats, retention of shop and provision of associated cycle and refuse storage

Received
21 March 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
1
Ward
Thornton Heath
Agent
ABP Architectural Services Ltd
  1. Received21 Mar
  2. Validated12 Jun
  3. Consult.20 Aug
  4. Target7 Aug
  5. Decided12 Jan

Decided in 214 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application at 37 Whitehorse Lane South Norwood London SE25 6RD. Croydon has handled 3,635 applications of this type. This one was decided in 297 days, 34 weeks longer than Croydon's typical decision time. The site is in 2 listed buildings nearby. There have been 3 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 71 applications across Thornton Heath. 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 6RD
Application type
Full planning permission
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
12 June 2025
Consultation expiry
18 September 2025
Consultation start
20 June 2025
Neighbour consultation start
28 July 2025
Neighbour consultation end
20 August 2025
Target decision date
7 August 2025
Permission expires
12 January 2029

Applicant and agent

Agent
ABP Architectural Services Ltd
Architect profile
ABP ARCHITECTURAL SERVICES LTD
Agent address
56 Buttercup Avenue Eynesbury St. Neots PE19 2LE

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Site notice start
28 August 2025
Site notice end
18 September 2025

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-13870072
Documents
16
Constraints
5

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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