61 Penshurst Road Thornton Heath CR7 7EF

1. 1.The proposal would result in the loss of an original three bedroom house with an internal floor area less than 130m2. There would also be no provision of a replacement dwelling with three or more bedrooms, for which there is an identified need in the borough and would thereby conflict with Policies SP2.7 and DM1.2 of the Croydon Local Plan (2018).
2. 2.The applicant has failed to demonstrate that the paraphernalia associated with the use would not result in visual clutter that would harm the visual appearance of the streetscene and the character of the area and would thereby conflict with Policies SP4, DM10 and DM13 of Croydon Local Plan (2018) and Policies D3 and D4 of London Plan (2021).
3. 3.The proposed development would result in sub-standard living accommodation for future residents by virtue of inadequate floor area and by virtue of poor internal layout and lack of storage. It has also not been demonstrated that the outdoor amenity space would be acceptable for future residents ensuring the ground floor flat has adequate amenity, outlook and privacy and that the required floor to ceiling heights would be achieved and would thereby conflict with Policies SP2 and DM10 of the Croydon Local Plan (2018), Policies D3 and D6 of the London Plan (2021) and the Technical Housing Standards - Nationally Described Space Standard (2015).
4. 4.The applicant has failed to demonstrate through Parking Stress Surveys that the overspill parking would not exacerbate the on-street parking stress for existing residents and would thereby conflict with Policies SP8, DM29, and DM30 of the Croydon Local Plan (2018) and Policies T4, T6 and T6.1 of the London Plan (2021).
5. 5.The applicant has failed to demonstrate that the proposed development would provide well designed, adequate, and accessible refuse and cycle storage facilities to serve the needs of future residents and would thereby conflict with Policies DM13, SP8, DM29 and DM30 of the Croydon Local Plan (2018) and Policies D3, T5 and SI 7 of the London Plan (2021) and the London Cycle Design Standards (2016).

From the council's decision notice.

Postcode

CR7 7EF

Date validated

19 January 2026