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131 Selhurst Road South Norwood London SE25 6LQ

25/03565/FULFull planning permissionRefused
Full

Refused on 5 January 2026

Council decision: Permission RefusedDelegated (officer decision)3 reasons for refusal

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Change of use for existing dwelling to HMO for 7 persons (7 bedroom)

Received
4 November 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
South Norwood
  1. Received4 Nov
  2. Validated5 Nov
  3. Consult.6 Dec
  4. Target31 Dec
  5. Decided5 Jan

Decided in 61 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at 131 Selhurst Road South Norwood London SE25 6LQ. Croydon has handled 3,635 applications of this type. This one was decided in 62 days, 6 days longer than Croydon's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 103 applications across South Norwood. We hold 1,185 applications in total for the SE25 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 sub-standard accommodation for future occupiers by reason of insufficient room sizes for two of the proposed bedrooms and the fact that the ground floor rear bedroom would not provide safe accommodation. The proposed development therefore fails to comply with the Croydon Local Plan (2018), in particular Policies SP4 and DM10, and the London Plan (2021), in particular policies D3 and D6.
  2. In the absence of a parking stress survey, the applicant has failed to demonstrate that the proposed development would not result in a harmful increase to parking stress in the local area, potentially leading to highway safety concerns. The proposal therefore conflicts with policies SP8, DM29 and DM30 of the Croydon Local Plan 2018.
  3. The applicant has failed to demonstrate that the proposed development could accommodate the required refuse storage and cycle parking provision and that the provision required, should it be provided to the front of the site, would not result in clutter that would harm the visual appearance of the application building, the streetscene and the character of the area. The application scheme would therefore fail to comply with Policies SP4, DM10, DM13, SP8, DM29 and DM30 of Croydon Local Plan 2018 and Policies D6, T4, T5, T6 and T7 of London Plan 2021 .

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

Postcode
SE25 6LQ
Application type
Full planning permission
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
5 November 2025
Consultation expiry
6 December 2025
Consultation start
13 November 2025
Neighbour consultation start
13 November 2025
Neighbour consultation end
6 December 2025
Target decision date
31 December 2025

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14330646
Comments
0
Documents
18
Constraints
13

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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