Melrose House 42 Dingwall Road Croydon CR0 2NE

25/02093/GPDOPrior Appvl - Class AA upto 2 storeysApproved

Outline / PiP

Approved on 5 February 2026

Council decision: Approved (prior approvals only)Delegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)

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Proposal

Prior approval application of a proposed new dwellinghouses on detached buildings in commercial or mixed use under The Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (as amended) - Schedule 2, Part 20 Class AA. The proposal is to extend the existing building by two additional storeys to provide 14 residential units. The proposal includes new cycle and refuse storage facilities.

Received: 24 June 2025
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments: 4
Council: London Borough of Croydon
Ward: Fairfield
Agent: Boyer Planning

ReceivedReceived24 Jun
ValidatedValidated24 Jun
Consult.Consultation27 Jul
TargetTarget Date5 Aug
DecidedDecided5 Feb

Decided in 226 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application for a new dwelling at Melrose House 42 Dingwall Road Croydon CR0 2NE. Croydon has handled 1,919 applications of this type. This one was decided in 226 days, 24 weeks longer than Croydon's typical decision time. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 101 applications across Fairfield. We hold 5,298 applications in total for the CR0 postcode area.

82% of outline 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 2NE
Application type: Prior Appvl - Class AA upto 2 storeys
Scale / size: Medium
Number of dwellings: 14

Planning application dates

Date validated: 24 June 2025
Consultation expiry: 19 August 2025
Consultation start: 19 September 2025
Neighbour consultation start: 4 July 2025
Neighbour consultation end: 27 July 2025
Target decision date: 5 August 2025
Permission expires: 5 February 2031

Applicant and agent

Agent: Boyer Planning
Agent address: 120 Bermondsey Street London SE1 3TX

Planning decision

Statutory period: 42 days

Publicity

Site notice start: 29 July 2025
Site notice end: 19 August 2025

Additional information

Planning Portal ID: PP-13999125
Documents: 35
Constraints: 14

Site constraints

Checking the site

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Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

Brownfield land register: 45 Lansdowne RoadRegister site at or near this address · +2 more
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.

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Planning history at this site

5 other applications at this property, newest first.

Source: Croydon

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