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296 Addington Road South Croydon CR2 8LF

25/03033/FULFull planning permissionRefused
Full

Refused on 5 November 2025

Council decision: Permission RefusedDelegated (officer decision)2 reasons for refusal

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Change of use from a Dwellinghouse (Use Class C3a) to a Care Home (Use Class C2) for up two people aged 16+, receiving care from 2 non-resident staff/carers.

Received
18 September 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
13
Ward
Selsdon And Addington Village
  1. Received18 Sep
  2. Validated25 Sep
  3. Consult.18 Oct
  4. Target20 Nov
  5. Decided5 Nov

Decided in 41 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at 296 Addington Road South Croydon CR2 8LF. Croydon has handled 3,635 applications of this type. This one was decided in 48 days, 8 days quicker than Croydon's typical decision time. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 77 applications across Selsdon And Addington Village. 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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Why it was refused

  1. The proposed change of use would result in the net loss of a family-sized dwelling for which there is an identified need in the borough, contrary to policies DM1.2 and SP2.7 of the Croydon Local Plan (2018).
  2. There is not an identified need within the borough for the type of care home proposed, therefore the proposal would be contrary to Policy H12 of the London Plan (2021).

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

Postcode
CR2 8LF
Application type
Full planning permission
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
25 September 2025
Consultation expiry
18 October 2025
Consultation start
15 October 2025
Neighbour consultation start
25 September 2025
Neighbour consultation end
18 October 2025
Target decision date
20 November 2025

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Site notice start
25 September 2025
Site notice end
16 October 2025

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14342036
Documents
12
Constraints
5

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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