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43 Dovercourt Avenue Thornton Heath CR7 7LJ

25/04114/FULFull planning permissionRefused
Full

Refused on 16 February 2026

Council decision: Permission RefusedDelegated (officer decision)4 reasons for refusal

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Erection of hip to gable roof extension, rear dormer window, three front roof lights, Conversion of dwelling into 2 flats, alterations to boundary wall, construction of stores.

Received
22 December 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
1
Ward
West Thornton
Agent
Eurohaus Ltd
  1. Received22 Dec
  2. Validated22 Dec
  3. Consult.29 Jan
  4. Target16 Feb
  5. Decided16 Feb

Decided in 56 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a dormer extension at 43 Dovercourt Avenue Thornton Heath CR7 7LJ. Croydon has handled 3,635 applications of this type. This one was decided in 56 days. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 84 applications across West Thornton. We hold 1,530 applications in total for the CR7 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 refuse store and associated structures in the front garden would due to their size, siting and design over dominate the frontage of the application property and would fail to respect the character or the appearance of the existing dwelling and would be visually intrusive when viewed from the street scene. The proposal would conflict with policies SP4, DM10 and DM13 of the Croydon Local Plan 2018 and Policies D3 and D4 of the London Plan 2021.
  2. The development would result in sub-standard accommodation by reason of general noise and disturbance to ground/first floor flat given the proximity of the refuse store to habitable room windows, poor outlook to the ground/first floor flat due to the close proximity of the metal screen and a lack of private outdoor amenities space to the first/upper floor flat. The proposal would thereby conflict with Policies D3 and D6 of the London Plan 2021, Policies SP4 and DM10 of the Croydon Local Plan 2018 and the Housing Supplementary Planning Guidance to the London Plan (March 2016).
  3. The proposal would represent an under provision of car parking spaces on site. This would cause harm to the surrounding highways network due to car parking overspill from the proposed development. The proposed car parking provision and arrangements would conflict with policies SP8, DM29 and DM30 of the Croydon Local Plan 2018 and Policies T3, T4 and T6 of the London Plan 2021.
  4. The proposed development would not provide adequate and accessible refuse and cycle storage facilities to serve the needs of future residents contrary to Policies SI 7, SI 8 and T5 of the London Plan 2021, Policies SP4, DM13, SP8, DM29 and DM30 of the Croydon Local Plan 2018 and London Cycle Design Standards (LCDS) 2014.

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

Postcode
CR7 7LJ
Application type
Full planning permission
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
22 December 2025
Consultation expiry
29 January 2026
Consultation start
6 January 2026
Neighbour consultation start
6 January 2026
Neighbour consultation end
29 January 2026
Target decision date
16 February 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
Eurohaus Ltd
Agent address
3 Westfield Clare Sudbury Suffolk CO10 8NU

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Appeal history

6007696
Dismissed
Type: Planning AppealProcedure: Written RepresentationsDecision: 3 August 2026Dev Type: Minor DwellingsReason: refused

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14582740
Documents
17
Constraints
4

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.

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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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