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34, Stroud Road, South Norwood, SE25 5DR

25/03155/FULFull planning permissionRefused
Full

Refused on 23 December 2025

4 reasons for refusal

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Change of use from a 4-bedroom small HMO (Class C4) to a 8-bedroom large HMO (Sui Generis).

Submitted
6 November 2025
  1. Received6 Nov
  2. Validated
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided23 Dec

Decided in 47 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a planning application for a change of use at 34, Stroud Road, South Norwood, SE25 5DR. Croydon has handled 416 applications of this type. This one was decided in 47 days, 9 days quicker than Croydon's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 1 application across WS18. We hold 1,185 applications in total for the SE25 postcode area.

61% of full planning permission 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 development, by virtue of the undersized nature of Bedroom 03 and the shortage of communal kitchen facilities, would fail to provide acceptable accommodation for future occupiers. The proposed development fails to comply with the Houses in Multiple Occupation Standards under the Housing Act 2004 (October 2024), the Croydon Local Plan (2018), policies SP2 and DM1, and the London Plan (2021), policy D6.
  2. The applicant has failed to demonstrate through parking stress surveys that the proposed development would not result in unacceptable parking stress or harm highway safety. The proposed development fails to comply with the Croydon Local Plan (2018), policies DM29 and DM30, and the London Plan (2021), policies T5 and T6.
  3. The applicant has failed to demonstrate that secure cycle parking spaces (including one wider/adapted space) would be provided in accordance with the London Cycle Design Standards. The proposed development fails to comply with Policy T5 of the London Plan (2021) and Policy DM30 of the Croydon Local Plan (2018).
  4. The applicant has failed to demonstrate that adequate refuse and recycling storage facilities, including a 10 square metre bulky goods storage area, would be provided. The proposed development fails to comply with the Croydon Local Plan (2018), in particular policy DM13.

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

Postcode
SE25 5DR
Application type
Full planning permission

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.

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© 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.

Planning history at this site

5 other applications at this property, newest first.

  1. 2026
    21 Oct

    Approval of details reserved by Condition 4 (Cycle and refuse storage) attached to approval ref. 25/02122/GPDO

    PendingDischarge of conditions26/02993/DISC
  2. 2026
    26 Aug

    Details pursuant to Condition 3 (HMO Management Plan) attached to PP 26/01651/FUL

    ApprovedDischarge of conditions26/02430/DISC
  3. 2026
    8 Jun

    Change of use from a 4-bedroom 4-person small HMO (Class C4) to a 8-bedroom 8-person large HMO (Sui Generis)…

    ApprovedFull planning permission26/01651/FUL
  4. 2026
    13 Feb

    Change of use from a 4-bedroom small HMO (Class C4) to a 8-bedroom large HMO (Sui Generis).

    ApprovedApplication26/00441/FUL
  5. 2025
    7 Oct

    Demolition of Littler House and the erection of a 66 bedroom Care Home for older people with parking, access…

    RefusedOther25/03155/FUL

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