5 Walburton Road Purley CR8 3DL
Refused on 10 March 2026
Council decision: Certificate Refused (Lawful Dev. Cert.)Delegated (officer decision)1 reason for refusal
Proposal
Erection of rear dormer and 4no. rooflights to front roofslope.
- Received
- 26 January 2026
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- London Borough of Croydon
- Ward
- Purley And Woodcote
- Agent
- Fairbank Consulting
- ReceivedReceived26 Jan
- ValidatedValidated26 Jan
- Consult.Consultation
- TargetTarget Date23 Mar
- DecidedDecided10 Mar
Decided in 43 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is an outline application for a dormer extension at 5 Walburton Road Purley CR8 3DL. Croydon has handled 1,919 applications of this type. This one was decided in 43 days, 13 days quicker than Croydon's typical decision time. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 170 applications across Purley And Woodcote. We hold 2,474 applications in total for the CR8 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
- The enlarged part of the dwellinghouse would not comply with paragraph B.1(d) of Class B, Part 1, Schedule 2 of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (as amended). First Schedule: Erection of rear dormer and 4no. rooflights to front roofslope.
From the council's decision notice.
Application details
- Postcode
- CR8 3DL
- Application type
- LDC (Proposed) Operations edged
- Scale / size
- Small
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 26 January 2026
- Consultation start
- 6 February 2026
- Target decision date
- 23 March 2026
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Fairbank Consulting
- Agent address
- Fairbank Eynsford Road Farningham DA4 0BQ
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Site constraints
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.
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Planning history at this site
2 other applications at this property, newest first.
Source: Croydon
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