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81 Woodcote Grove Road Coulsdon CR5 2AL

26/00092/LPLDC (Proposed) Operations edgedRefused
Outline / PiP

Refused on 10 March 2026

Council decision: Certificate Refused (Lawful Dev. Cert.)Delegated (officer decision)1 reason for refusal

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Change of use from a Dwellinghouse (Use Class C3a) to a Care Home (Use Class C2) for up to four adults, receiving care from 2 staffs.

Received
13 January 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Coulsdon Town
  1. Received13 Jan
  2. Validated13 Jan
  3. Consult.
  4. Target10 Mar
  5. Decided10 Mar

Decided in 56 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application for a change of use at 81 Woodcote Grove Road Coulsdon CR5 2AL. Croydon has handled 1,919 applications of this type. This one was decided in 56 days. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 114 applications across Coulsdon Town. We hold 2,707 applications in total for the CR5 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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Why it was refused

  1. The applicant has failed to demonstrate that the proposed use would fall within Use Class C3(b) of the Use Classes Order 1987 (as amended) and not result in a material change of use. First Schedule: Change of use from a Dwellinghouse (Use Class C3a) to a Care Home (Use Class C2) for up to four adults, receiving care from 2 staffs.

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

Postcode
CR5 2AL
Application type
LDC (Proposed) Operations edged
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
13 January 2026
Consultation start
3 February 2026
Target decision date
10 March 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
AK-Studios
Agent address
5 Lambarde Road Sevenoaks TN13 3HR

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14618827
Comments
0
Documents
12
Constraints
7

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

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

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