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47A Foxley Lane Purley CR8 3EH

25/04139/FULFull planning permissionRefused
Full

Refused on 23 February 2026

Council decision: Permission RefusedDelegated (officer decision)2 reasons for refusal

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Change of use from dwellinghouse (Use Class C3) to Children's home (Use Class C2).

Received
29 December 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
1
Ward
Purley And Woodcote
Agent
ANJUM DESIGN Ltd
  1. Received29 Dec
  2. Validated29 Dec
  3. Consult.31 Jan
  4. Target23 Feb
  5. Decided23 Feb

Decided in 56 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at 47A Foxley Lane Purley CR8 3EH. Croydon has handled 3,635 applications of this type. This one was decided in 56 days. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 170 applications across Purley And Woodcote. We hold 2,481 applications in total for the CR8 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 proposal would not provide care for an identified need within Croydon contrary to policy H12 of the London Plan (2021).
  2. The proposed change of use would result in the net loss of a family-sized dwelling, for which there is an identified need in the borough, contrary to policy SP2 of the Croydon Local Plan (2018).

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

Postcode
CR8 3EH
Application type
Full planning permission
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
29 December 2025
Consultation expiry
31 January 2026
Consultation start
7 January 2026
Neighbour consultation start
8 January 2026
Neighbour consultation end
31 January 2026
Target decision date
23 February 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
ANJUM DESIGN Ltd
Agent address
435 Stratford Road Shirley Solihull B90 4AA

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14592020
Documents
12
Constraints
13

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: The Webb EstatePart of the site
  • 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 (21)

flood storage 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

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

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