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33, Waddon Road, CR0 4LH

25/02129/GPDOPrior Approval: Change of use from Commercial, Business and Service (Use Class E) to Dwellinghouses (Use Class C3)Approved

Approved on 27 February 2026

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Change of use of rear storage outbuilding from Commercial, Business and Service use (Class E) to residential dwelling (Class C3) for one self-contained residential unit (1-bed 2-person studio flat) under Schedule 2, Part 3, Class MA of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (as amended).

Submitted
3 September 2025
  1. Received3 Sep
  2. Validated
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided27 Feb

Decided in 177 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a planning application for an outbuilding at 33, Waddon Road, CR0 4LH. Croydon has handled 26 applications of this type. This one was decided in 177 days, 17 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.

77% of prior approval: change of use from commercial, business and service (use class e) to dwellinghouses (use class c3) 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 4LH
Application type
Prior Approval: Change of use from Commercial, Business and Service (Use Class E) to Dwellinghouses (Use Class C3)

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

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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. 2026
    21 Aug

    Non-material amendment to prior approval application 25/02129/GPDO

    RefusedNon-material amendmentAmendment26/02386/NMA
  2. 2025
    3 Sep

    Change of use of rear storage outbuilding from Commercial, Business and Service use (Class E) to residential…

    This applicationApprovedApplication25/02129/GPDO

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