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Greenvale Primary School Sandpiper Road South Croydon CR2 8PR

25/02355/FULFull planning permissionApproved
Full

Approved on 30 January 2026

Council decision: Permission GrantedDelegated (officer decision)12 conditions

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Demolition of the existing 2 prefabricated classrooms to the north of the main school building and the erection of a two storey building to the south to accommodate four classrooms

Received
16 July 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
4
Ward
Selsdon Vale And Forestdale
Agent
Pinnacle ESP Ltd
  1. Received16 Jul
  2. Validated17 Oct
  3. Consult.13 Nov
  4. Target12 Dec
  5. Decided30 Jan

Decided in 105 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for demolition at Greenvale Primary School Sandpiper Road South Croydon CR2 8PR. Croydon has handled 3,635 applications of this type. This one was decided in 198 days, 20 weeks longer than Croydon's typical decision time. There have been 3 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 44 applications across Selsdon Vale And Forestdale. We hold 4,681 applications in total for the CR2 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
CR2 8PR
Application type
Full planning permission
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
17 October 2025
Consultation expiry
3 December 2025
Consultation start
4 November 2025
Neighbour consultation start
21 October 2025
Neighbour consultation end
13 November 2025
Target decision date
12 December 2025
Permission expires
30 January 2029

Applicant and agent

Agent
Pinnacle ESP Ltd
Agent address
Corinthian House 5th Floor, 17 Lansdowne Road CROYDON CR0 2BX

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Site notice start
12 November 2025
Site notice end
3 December 2025

Appeal history

3373823
Dismissed
Type: Planning AppealProcedure: Written RepresentationsDecision: 14 January 2026Dev Type: Minor DwellingsReason: Refusal

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14138947
Documents
16
Constraints
19

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Green belt: CroydonPart of the site
  • 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, 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

Contains public sector information from the Planning London Datahub, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

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