19 Spring Lane South Norwood London SE25 4SP
Refused on 10 October 2025
Council decision: Permission RefusedDelegated (officer decision)4 reasons for refusal
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Proposal
Conversion of ground floor shop to C3 residential flat and conversion of existing first floor unit into 2no self contained flats with first floor side extension and loft conversion with rear dormer and side roof extensions.
- Received
- 30 July 2025
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Public comments
- 1
- Council
- London Borough of Croydon
- Ward
- Woodside
- Agent
- LPR Design
- ReceivedReceived30 Jul
- ValidatedValidated30 Jul
- Consult.Consultation4 Oct
- TargetTarget Date24 Sep
- DecidedDecided10 Oct
Decided in 72 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a full planning application for a loft conversion at 19 Spring Lane South Norwood London SE25 4SP. Croydon has handled 3,635 applications of this type. This one was decided in 72 days, 2 weeks longer than Croydon's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 74 applications across Woodside. 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
- In the absence of sufficient evidence of active marketing to demonstrate that there is no need for the existing premises in commercial use, the proposed development would result in a harmful loss of employment/industrial land. The proposed development is therefore contrary to Policy SP3 of the Croydon Local Plan 2018, Policy E4 of the London Plan 2021 and the provisions of the National Planning Policy Framework 2024.
- The proposed ground floor/basement flat would have poor access to outlook and daylight. All proposed flats would not benefit from quality private amenity space and therefore the proposed scheme would result in substandard living conditions for future occupiers. The proposed development would therefore conflict with Policy D6 of London Plan 2021 and Policies SP4 and DM10 of Croydon Local Plan 2018
- The proposed development, by reason of the inadequate car parking provision and in the absence of a suitably robust parking stress survey it has not been demonstrated that any overspill parking would not cause harm to the safety and efficiency of the surrounding highway network. The proposal is therefore contrary to policies T4 and T6 of the London Plan 2021 and policies SP8, DM29 and DM30 of the Croydon Local Plan 2018.
- It has not been adequately demonstrated that the application site can accommodate the required refuse and cycle storage while the provision depicted would not be well designed or practical. In addition the refuse and cycle stores would appear as incongruent and prominent structures that would harm the character and appearance of the area. The application scheme would therefore fail to comply with Policies SP4, DM10, DM13, SP8, DM29 and DM30 of Croydon Local Plan 2018 and Policies D6, T4 and T5 of London Plan 2021.
From the council's decision notice.
Application details
- Postcode
- SE25 4SP
- Application type
- Full planning permission
- Scale / size
- Small
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 30 July 2025
- Consultation expiry
- 4 October 2025
- Consultation start
- 11 September 2025
- Neighbour consultation start
- 11 September 2025
- Neighbour consultation end
- 4 October 2025
- Target decision date
- 24 September 2025
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- LPR Design
- Agent address
- 426A LIMPSFIELD ROAD WARLINGHAM CR6 9LA
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-14185390
- Documents
- 12
- Constraints
- 5
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
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Also checked, none recorded (22)
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Planning history at this site
1 other application at this property, newest first.
Source: Croydon
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