99 Downlands Road Purley CR8 4JJ

26/00067/HSERefused

Refused on 9 March 2026

Council decision: Permission Refused1 reason for refusal

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Alterations, erection of additional storey with front and rear dormer windows, two-storey side/rear extension, front porch canopy, and provision of solar panels

Received: 12 January 2026
Council: London Borough of Croydon

ReceivedReceived12 Jan
ValidatedValidated12 Jan
Consult.Consultation
TargetTarget Date
DecidedDecided9 Mar

Decided in 56 days

About this application

This is a planning application for a dormer extension at 99 Downlands Road Purley CR8 4JJ. Croydon has handled 19,636 applications of this type. This one was decided in 56 days. There have been 5 other applications at this address. We hold 2,481 applications in total for the CR8 postcode area.

Why it was refused

The proposed additional storey, by reason of its scale, form, design and associated architectural detailing, would result in a development that would be out of character with the immediate area and would result in harm to the visual amenity of the street scene. The proposed development therefore fails to comply with policy D3 of the London Plan (2021) and policies SP4 and DM10 of the Croydon Local Plan (2018).

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

Postcode: CR8 4JJ

Planning application dates

Date validated: 12 January 2026

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.

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

6 other applications at this property, newest first.

Source: Croydon

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