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24 Portland Road South Norwood London SE25 4PF

25/04072/LELDC (Existing) Use edgedApproved
Lawful development certificate

Approved on 28 January 2026

Council decision: Lawful Dev. Cert. Granted (existing)Delegated (officer decision)

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Continued use of existing building as 3 self contained flats and 1 residential unit to the rear of the site.

Received
19 December 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Woodside
  1. Received19 Dec
  2. Validated19 Dec
  3. Consult.
  4. Target13 Feb
  5. Decided28 Jan

Decided in 40 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at 24 Portland Road South Norwood London SE25 4PF. Croydon has handled 341 applications of this type. This one was decided in 40 days, 2 weeks quicker than Croydon's typical decision time. The site is in the South Norwood conservation area. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 74 applications across Woodside. We hold 1,185 applications in total for the SE25 postcode area.

84% of amendment 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
SE25 4PF
Application type
LDC (Existing) Use edged
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
19 December 2025
Consultation start
7 January 2026
Target decision date
13 February 2026
Permission expires
28 January 2031

Applicant and agent

Agent
Collins & Coward
Agent address
22 Post Office Road Broomfield Chelmsford CM1 7AD

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14576029
Comments
0
Documents
11
Constraints
14

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

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 (20)

flood storage areas, listed buildings, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, 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

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

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