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Courtyard House, 1D Church Road, Croydon

25/02530/GPDOPrior Approval: Change of use from Commercial, Business and Service (Use Class E) to Dwellinghouses (Use Class C3)Approved
Prior approval

Approved on 26 November 2025

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Proposal

Prior approval for the conversion of the first, second and third floors from office space (Class E) to 3no. flats (Class C3) under Class MA of the General Permitted Development Order (GPDO)

Submitted
31 July 2025
  1. Received31 Jul
  2. Validated
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided26 Nov

Decided in 118 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a planning application at Courtyard House 1D Church Road Croydon. Croydon has handled 26 applications of this type. This one was decided in 118 days, 9 weeks longer than Croydon's typical decision time. The site is in the Church Street conservation area, with 6 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 4 applications across FA18.

77% of prior approval: change of use from commercial, business and service (use class e) to dwellinghouses (use class c3) 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

Application type
Prior Approval: Change of use from Commercial, Business and Service (Use Class E) to Dwellinghouses (Use Class C3)

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, 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.

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Associated applications

  1. 2026
    5 Mar

    Discharge of Condition 3 (Cycle and Refuse Storage) attached to prior approval ref. 25/02530/GPDO

    ApprovedDischarge of conditions26/00675/DISC
  2. 2025
    31 Jul

    Prior approval for the conversion of the first, second and third floors from office space (Class E) to 3no…

    This applicationApprovedApplication25/02530/GPDO

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