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224 Bensham Manor Road Thornton Heath CR7 7AW

25/02527/LERefused

Refused on 6 May 2026

Council decision: Certificate Refused (Lawful Dev. Cert.)1 reason for refusal

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Confirmation that planning permission 21/05131/FUL has commenced lawfully

Received
30 July 2025
Ward
Bensham Manor
  1. Received30 Jul
  2. Validated30 Jul
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided6 May

Decided in 280 days

About this application

This is a planning application at 224 Bensham Manor Road Thornton Heath CR7 7AW. Croydon has handled 19,636 applications of this type. This one was decided in 280 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 50 applications across Bensham Manor. We hold 1,530 applications in total for the CR7 postcode area.

Why it was refused

  1. There is insufficient supporting evidence, as required under Section 191 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 (As Amended by Section 10 of the Planning & Compensation Act 1991), to suggest that material operations associated with commencement of the development approved via Planning Permission ref. 21/05131/FUL, lawfully began before 13th September 2025. First Schedule: Confirmation that planning permission 21/05131/FUL has commenced lawfully Second Schedule: 224 Bensham Manor Road, Thornton Heath, CR7 7AW, ,

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

Postcode
CR7 7AW

Planning application dates

Date validated
30 July 2025

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant

Planning decision

Case officer
Laura Field

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Brownfield land register: Ambassador House, 3-17 Brigstock RoadRegister site at or near this address
  • 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, 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 and heritage coasts.

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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© 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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