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Blenheim Shopping Centre High Street Penge London SE20 8RW

26/00052/AUTConsultation from Adjoining AuthorityApproved
Discharge / amendments

Approved on 2 February 2026

Council decision: No ObjectionDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Proposal: Minor Material Amendment under Section 73 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 to allow for the variation of conditions 2, 5, 15, 18, 19, 37, 38, 41, 47, 49 and 52 of application granted under ref. 23/00178/FULL1 (as amended by 23/00178/AMD) for the Phased development including demolition of existing buildings and erection of four blocks to facilitate a mixed-use development providing up to 230 dwellings, up to 2,714sqm of commercial/town centre floorspace and associated communal amenity space and play space, cycle parking, refuse storage and plant space in four buildings. Provision of public realm and new pocket park at ground floor with associated landscaping improvements. Provision of commercial car parking spaces and blue badge spaces for the residential accommodation to enable the change to building heights and massing, reduction in the number of units to 228, change in dwelling mix and tenure (now 100% Social Rented Units), omission of Block F, reduction in commercial floorspace to 1064sqm, reduction in standard car parking spaces to 19, revisions to landscaping, internal layout changes and elevational alterations.

Received
6 January 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
1
Ward
Out Of Borough
  1. Received6 Jan
  2. Validated6 Jan
  3. Consult.
  4. Target3 Feb
  5. Decided2 Feb

Decided in 27 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application for demolition at Blenheim Shopping Centre High Street Penge London SE20 8RW. Croydon has handled 1,919 applications of this type. This one was decided in 27 days, 4 weeks quicker than Croydon's typical decision time. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 11 applications across Out Of Borough. We hold 378 applications in total for the SE20 postcode area.

82% of outline 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
SE20 8RW
Application type
Consultation from Adjoining Authority
Scale / size
Large
Number of dwellings
230

Planning application dates

Date validated
6 January 2026
Consultation start
14 January 2026
Target decision date
3 February 2026
Permission expires
2 February 2031

Planning decision

Statutory period
28 days

Additional information

Documents
2

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • 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.

Planning history at this site

20 other applications at this property, newest first.

  1. 2026
    28 Oct

    Erection of single-storey side and rear extensions, including conversion and extension of the existing…

    PendingApplication26/03057/AUT
  2. 2026
    26 Oct

    Temporary planning permission for a period of five years, for the temporary change of use of part of the…

    PendingApplication26/03032/AUT
  3. 2026
    15 Oct

    Change of use of the existing retail warehouse (Use Class E) to form an Ambulance Hub (Sui Generis)…

    PendingApplication26/03000/AUT
  4. 2026
    4 Sep

    Outline planning application (with all matters reserved except access and layout) for 46 Use Class C3…

    No ObjectionApplication26/02582/AUT
  5. 2026
    31 Jul

    To construct a community sports centre, comprising 4 no. tennis courts (enclosed), 7 no. padel courts and 3…

    No ObjectionApplication26/02183/AUT
  6. 2026
    26 Jun

    Details of reserved matters (access, appearance, landscape, scale and layout) for Site H, Phase 2a of the…

    No ObjectionReserved matters26/01885/AUT

Source: Croydon

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

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