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42 Pitlake Croydon CR0 3RA

25/03861/GPDOPrior Appvl - Class E to (dwellings) C3Approved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 20 July 2026

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Change of use of ground-floor unit from Class E to residential dwelling (Class C3) for 1 self-contained residential unit under Schedule 2, Part 3, Class MA of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (as amended)

Received
2 December 2025
Ward
Fairfield
Agent
Freedom Planning and Design
  1. Received2 Dec
  2. Validated2 Dec
  3. Consult.31 Dec
  4. Target27 Jan
  5. Decided20 Jul

Decided in 230 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application for a change of use at 42 Pitlake Croydon CR0 3RA. Croydon has handled 1,919 applications of this type. This one was decided in 230 days, 25 weeks longer than Croydon's typical decision time. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 101 applications across Fairfield. We hold 5,292 applications in total for the CR0 postcode area.

82% of outline 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
CR0 3RA
Application type
Prior Appvl - Class E to (dwellings) C3
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
2 December 2025
Consultation expiry
1 January 2026
Consultation start
23 January 2026
Neighbour consultation start
8 December 2025
Neighbour consultation end
31 December 2025
Target decision date
27 January 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
Freedom Planning and Design
Architect profile
FREEDOM PLANNING AND DESIGN LTD
Agent address
Northgate House North Gate New Basford Nottingham NG7 7BQ

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Site notice start
11 December 2025
Site notice end
1 January 2026

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14515200
Comments
0
Documents
10
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.

Associated applications

  1. 2026
    8 Sep

    Discharge of Condition 3 (Cycle and refuse storage) attached to prior approval 25/03861/GPDO

    ApprovedDischarge of conditions26/02555/DISC
  2. 2025
    2 Dec

    Change of use of ground-floor unit from Class E to residential dwelling (Class C3) for 1 self-contained…

    This applicationApprovedOutline25/03861/GPDO

Planning history at this site

1 other application at this property, newest first.

  1. 2026
    8 Sep

    Alterations to the front elevation of the premises

    PendingApplication26/02556/FUL

Source: Croydon

Contains public sector information from the Planning London Datahub, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

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