Croham Road Opp 10 Melville Avenue South Croydon CR2 7HY
Approved on 19 January 2026
Council decision: Prior Approval No Jurisdiction (GPDO)Delegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Proposed VMO2 20.0m high Hutchinson Engineering Orion Streetpole on a new T9 root foundation, accommodating 9no. antenna, 2no. dishes, 2no equipment cabinets with ancillary development thereto.
- Received
- 3 September 2025
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Public comments
- 36
- Council
- London Borough of Croydon
- Ward
- South Croydon
- Agent
- WHP Telecoms Limited,
- ReceivedReceived3 Sep
- ValidatedValidated3 Sep
- Consult.Consultation11 Oct
- TargetTarget Date28 Oct
- DecidedDecided19 Jan
Decided in 138 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a telecoms application at Croham Road Opp 10 Melville Avenue South Croydon CR2 7HY. Croydon has handled 37 applications of this type. This one was decided in 138 days, 12 weeks longer than Croydon's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 95 applications across South Croydon. We hold 4,681 applications in total for the CR2 postcode area.
60% of telecoms 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 7HY
- Application type
- Telecommunications Code System operator
- Scale / size
- Small
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 3 September 2025
- Consultation expiry
- 16 October 2025
- Consultation start
- 31 October 2025
- Neighbour consultation start
- 18 September 2025
- Neighbour consultation end
- 11 October 2025
- Target decision date
- 28 October 2025
- Permission expires
- 19 January 2031
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- WHP Telecoms Limited,
- Agent address
- 401 Faraday Street, Risley, Warrington WA3 6GA
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 55 days
Publicity
- Site notice start
- 25 September 2025
- Site notice end
- 16 October 2025
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-14294367
- Documents
- 21
- Constraints
- 9
Site constraints
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.
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