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41, Imperial Way, CR0 4RL

25/01167/FULFull planning permissionApproved
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Approved on 13 June 2025

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Temporary change of use of the Swift Centre Units 1-8 from office (Use Class E) to a Driving Test Centre (Use Class Sui Generis) for five years.

Submitted
1 April 2025
  1. Received1 Apr
  2. Validated
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided13 Jun

Decided in 73 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a planning application for a change of use at 41, Imperial Way, CR0 4RL. Croydon has handled 416 applications of this type. This one was decided in 73 days, 2 weeks longer than Croydon's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 3 applications across WA18. We hold 5,298 applications in total for the CR0 postcode area.

61% of full planning permission 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
CR0 4RL
Application type
Full planning permission

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Brownfield land register: 13 Imperial WayRegister site at or near this address
  • 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.

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.

Associated applications

  1. 2025
    3 Dec

    Details pursuant to conditions 4 (Staff Travel Plan) and 6 (Fire Strategy Report) of planning permisison…

    ApprovedDischarge of conditions25/03883/DISC
  2. 2025
    1 Apr

    Temporary change of use of the Swift Centre Units 1-8 from office (Use Class E) to a Driving Test Centre (Use…

    This applicationApprovedFull planning permission25/01167/FUL

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