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Esma House 18A & 18 Cobden Road South Norwood London SE25 5NX

25/02034/FULFull planning permissionApproved
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Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Change of use from 2x dwelling houses (Class C3) to 2x Residential care homes (for two children per home) (Class C2), erection of rear roof extension, insertion of 2x rooflights and alterations to fenestration to 18A Cobden Road (part retrospective).

Received
19 June 2025
Public comments
30
Ward
Woodside
  1. Received19 Jun
  2. Validated19 Jun
  3. Consult.31 Jul
  4. Target14 Aug
  5. Decided

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at Esma House 18A & 18 Cobden Road South Norwood London SE25 5NX. Croydon has handled 3,635 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 19 June 2025 and is still awaiting a decision. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 74 applications across Woodside. 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 5NX
Application type
Full planning permission
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
19 June 2025
Consultation expiry
1 August 2025
Consultation start
8 July 2025
Neighbour consultation start
10 March 2026
Neighbour consultation end
31 July 2025
Committee meeting
19 March 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent address
37 Inwen Court Grinstead Road London SE8 5BH

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Site notice start
11 July 2025
Site notice end
1 August 2025

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14054104
Documents
32
Constraints
3

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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