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131 Benhurst Gardens South Croydon CR2 8NZ

25/02378/FULFull planning permissionApproved
Full

Approved on 20 April 2026

Council decision: P. Granted with 106 legal Ag. (3 months)Delegated (officer decision)11 conditions

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Demolition of existing garage structure and erection of a single-storey 1-bed-2-person detached dwelling within the garden of 131 Benhurst Gardens, provision of associated car parking, cycle and refuse stores, and hard and soft landscaping. Replacement parking space to the front of the existing dwelling with new vehicular crossover

Received
17 July 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
8
Ward
Selsdon Vale And Forestdale
Agent
RE Planning LLP
  1. Received17 Jul
  2. Validated6 Aug
  3. Consult.7 Sep
  4. Target1 Oct
  5. Decided20 Apr

Decided in 257 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for demolition at 131 Benhurst Gardens South Croydon CR2 8NZ. Croydon has handled 3,635 applications of this type. This one was decided in 277 days, 32 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 8NZ
Application type
Full planning permission
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
6 August 2025
Consultation expiry
7 September 2025
Consultation start
9 September 2025
Neighbour consultation start
15 August 2025
Neighbour consultation end
7 September 2025
Target decision date
1 October 2025
Permission expires
20 April 2029

Applicant and agent

Agent
RE Planning LLP
Agent address
Downe House 303 High Street Orpington BR6 0NN

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14183591
Documents
24
Constraints
9

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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