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13 Harewood Road South Croydon CR2 7AT

25/04001/FULRefused

Refused on 6 May 2026

3 reasons for refusal

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Erection of a three-storey block of flats together with two detached two-storey houses; formation of accessway, provision of car and cycle parking, refuse storage and soft landscaping

Submitted
23 December 2025
  1. Received23 Dec
  2. Validated
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided6 May

Decided in 134 days

About this application

This is a planning application at 13 Harewood Road South Croydon CR2 7AT. Croydon has handled 19,636 applications of this type. This one was decided in 134 days, 11 weeks longer than Croydon's typical decision time. There have been 3 other applications at this address. We hold 4,681 applications in total for the CR2 postcode area.

Why it was refused

  1. The proposed development would cause harm to the character and appearance of the area by virtue of overdevelopment, in particular the positioning of the rear building and the size/layout of the L- shape rear wing, contrary to Croydon Local Plan (2021) in particular policy DM10, as well as London Plan (2021) policies D3 and D4.
  2. The proposed development would create an unsafe environment by reason of its poorly designed layout, in particular the absence of a clearly delineated raised pavement to protect pedestrians from vehicular movements and parking areas, resulting in an increased risk of conflict between pedestrians and vehicles. The proposal is contrary to Policies SP8, DM10, DM29 and DM30 of the Croydon Local Plan (2021) and Policy T4 of the London Plan (2021).
  3. The applicant has failed to secure through an appropriate mechanisms (such as section 106 agreement) appropriate mitigations and obligations to ensure compliance with policy in respect to sustainable modes of transport and promotion, and on-site waste management, and is therefore contrary to Croydon Local Plan (2018) in particular policies SP8, and DM13, DM29, and contrary to London Plan (2021) in particular policies D6 and, T1, and guidance contained in Waste and Recycling in Planning Policy Document August 2015.

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

Postcode
CR2 7AT

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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