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43, Dovercourt Avenue, CR7 7LJ

25/01898/GPDOPrior Approval: Larger Home ExtensionRefused

Refused on 16 July 2025

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Erection of a single storey rear extension which projects out by 6 metres from the original rear wall, with an eaves height of 2.9 metres and a maximum height of 3.5 metres

Submitted
9 June 2025
  1. Received9 Jun
  2. Validated
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided16 Jul

Decided in 37 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a planning application for a single storey rear extension at 43, Dovercourt Avenue, CR7 7LJ. Croydon has handled 77 applications of this type. This one was decided in 37 days, 3 weeks quicker than Croydon's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 1 application across WT18. We hold 1,530 applications in total for the CR7 postcode area.

86% of prior approval: larger home extension 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
CR7 7LJ
Application type
Prior Approval: Larger Home Extension

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.

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Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

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© 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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Associated applications

  1. 2025
    9 Jun

    Erection of a single storey rear extension which projects out by 6 metres from the original rear wall, with…

    This applicationRefusedPrior Approval: Larger Home Extension25/01898/GPDO
  2. 2025
    3 Jun

    Erection of a hip to gable end roof extension and construction of a dormer extension within the rear roof…

    ApprovedLawful development: Proposed useFiled alongside25/01849/LP

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