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21 Lancaster Road South Norwood London SE25 4BJ

25/02308/FULFull planning permissionRefused
Full

Refused on 2 February 2026

Council decision: Permission RefusedDelegated (officer decision)2 reasons for refusal

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Proposal

Demolition of outbuilding; alterations and Change of use from care home (C2 Use) to 17 bedroom House of Multiple Occupation (sui generis use) for a maximum of 17 persons (amended description)

Received
11 July 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
12
Ward
South Norwood
Agent
Studio Z Architecture
  1. Received11 Jul
  2. Validated11 Jul
  3. Consult.3 Jan
  4. Target5 Sep
  5. Decided2 Feb

Decided in 206 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for demolition at 21 Lancaster Road South Norwood London SE25 4BJ. Croydon has handled 3,635 applications of this type. This one was decided in 206 days, 21 weeks longer than Croydon's typical decision time. The site is in the South Norwood conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 103 applications across South Norwood. 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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Why it was refused

  1. The proposed use as a HMO is likely to result in a harmful increase in car parking stress. Inadequate provision is made for car parking within the site and this could result in harm to highway safety due to increased parking congestion and forms of anti-social parking. The development is therefore contrary to Policies T4 and T6 of the London Plan (2021) and Polices SP8, DM29 and DM30 of the Croydon Local Plan (2018).
  2. 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 and providing infrastructure for sustainable modes of transport, the proposal would fail to mitigate harmful impacts and is likely to further harm the safety and efficiency of the highway network and would be unacceptable in planning terms. The proposal therefore conflicts with Policies T4 and 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
SE25 4BJ
Application type
Full planning permission
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
11 July 2025
Consultation expiry
30 January 2026
Consultation start
22 July 2025
Neighbour consultation start
18 December 2025
Neighbour consultation end
3 January 2026
Target decision date
5 September 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent
Studio Z Architecture
Agent address
27 Kemble Street London SW17 0UH

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
1 January 2026
Advertisement expiry
22 January 2026
Site notice start
9 January 2026
Site notice end
30 January 2026

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14168985
Documents
39
Constraints
11

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

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 (20)

flood storage areas, listed buildings, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, 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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