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13 Meadvale Road Croydon CR0 6JY

25/04145/FULFull planning permissionRefused
Full

Refused on 2 March 2026

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

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Change of use from single dwelling house (Class C3) to a 5-bedroom 5-person house in multiple occupation (Class C4).

Received
22 December 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
3
Ward
Addiscombe West
  1. Received22 Dec
  2. Validated7 Jan
  3. Consult.25 Feb
  4. Target4 Mar
  5. Decided2 Mar

Decided in 54 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at 13 Meadvale Road Croydon CR0 6JY. Croydon has handled 3,635 applications of this type. This one was decided in 70 days, 2 weeks longer than Croydon's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 68 applications across Addiscombe West. We hold 5,298 applications in total for the CR0 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 change of use from a single dwelling to a small house in multiple occupation would result in the net loss of a home smaller than 130sqm, as originally built, for which there is an identified need in the borough. The proposed development therefore fails to comply with the Croydon Local Plan (2018), in particular Policies SP2 and DM1.
  2. The proposed development, by virtue of the undersized nature of Bedroom B, lack of ventilation and the shortage of communal kitchen facilities, would fail to provide acceptable accommodation for future occupiers. The proposed development fails to comply with the Houses in Multiple Occupation Standards under the Housing Act 2004 (October 2024), the Croydon Local Plan (2018), in particular policies SP2 and DM1, and the London Plan (2021), in particular policy D6.
  3. It has not been demonstrated that the proposal would not have a detrimental impact on the local highway network by reason of increased on-street parking stress. The proposal therefore fails to comply with policies T4 and T6 of the London Plan 2021 and policies SP8, DM29 and DM30 of the Croydon Local Plan 2018.
  4. The proposal would not provide satisfactory facilities for cycle storage. The proposed development therefore fails to comply with the Croydon Local Plan (2018), in particular policies SP8 and DM10, DM16, DM29, and DM30, the London Plan (2021), in particular policy T5, and the London Cycling Design Standards (2016).

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

Postcode
CR0 6JY
Application type
Full planning permission
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
7 January 2026
Consultation expiry
25 February 2026
Consultation start
30 January 2026
Neighbour consultation start
2 February 2026
Neighbour consultation end
25 February 2026
Target decision date
4 March 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent address
29 Falmouth House Kennington London SE11 4ET

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Documents
11
Constraints
9

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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