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3 Meadow View Road Thornton Heath CR7 7HA

25/01964/FULRefused

Refused on 27 February 2026

Council decision: Permission Refused3 reasons for refusal

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Change of use of the property from dwelling Class C3, to a House in Multiple Occupation for 6 occupants Class C4 (Retrospective)

Received
16 June 2025
  1. Received16 Jun
  2. Validated20 Oct
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided27 Feb

Decided in 130 days

About this application

This is a planning application for a change of use at 3 Meadow View Road Thornton Heath CR7 7HA. Croydon has handled 19,636 applications of this type. This one was decided in 130 days, 11 weeks longer than Croydon's typical decision time. There have been 2 other applications at this address. We hold 1,530 applications in total for the CR7 postcode area.

Why it was refused

  1. The proposal would result in the loss of a three-bedroom dwelling, as originally constructed, for which there is an identified need in the borough. The development would therefore conflict with Policy DM1.2 and SP2.7 of the Croydon Local Plan (2018).
  2. It has also not been demonstrated that the front of the application site can accommodate the required refuse provision without resulting in clutter that would harm the visual appearance of the streetscene and the character of the area. The proposal would therefore fail to comply with Policies SP4, DM10, DM13 of Croydon Local Plan 2018 and Policies D3 and D6 of London Plan 2021.
  3. In the absence of a mechanism to secure measures to mitigate the impacts of the development as a consequence of demands created by the proposed development in respect of preventing on-street parking, the proposal would fail to mitigate harmful impacts and is likely to harm the safety and efficiency of the highway network and would be unacceptable in planning terms. The proposal therefore conflicts with Policy T6 of the London Plan 2021 and Policies SP8, DM29 and DM30 of the Croydon Local Plan 2018.

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

Postcode
CR7 7HA

Planning application dates

Date validated
20 October 2025

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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