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1 Haling Park Road South Croydon CR2 6NG

26/00247/GPDOPrior Appvl - Class E to (dwellings) C3Refused
Outline / PiP

Refused on 20 March 2026

Council decision: (Approval) refusedDelegated (officer decision)1 reason for refusal

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Prior notification under Class MA of Part 3, Schedule 2, of the GPDO 2015 to change the use from commercial (Use Class E) to Residential (Class C3) to form 4 flats

Received
28 January 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
1
Ward
South Croydon
Agent
Excel Planning
  1. Received28 Jan
  2. Validated28 Jan
  3. Consult.27 Feb
  4. Target25 Mar
  5. Decided20 Mar

Decided in 51 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application at 1 Haling Park Road South Croydon CR2 6NG. Croydon has handled 1,919 applications of this type. This one was decided in 51 days, 5 days quicker than Croydon's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 95 applications across South Croydon. We hold 4,680 applications in total for the CR2 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. Insufficient information has been provided to demonstrate that the loss of the nursery would not have a detrimental impact on local nursery provision, contrary to MA.2 (2) paragraph (h) of Class MA of Part 3 of Schedule 2 to the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (as amended) and Policy DM19 of the Croydon Local Plan (2018).

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

Postcode
CR2 6NG
Application type
Prior Appvl - Class E to (dwellings) C3
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
28 January 2026
Consultation expiry
27 February 2026
Consultation start
4 February 2026
Neighbour consultation start
4 February 2026
Neighbour consultation end
27 February 2026
Target decision date
25 March 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
Excel Planning
Architect profile
EXCEL PLANNING LTD
Agent address
45 Stamford Hill London N16 5SR United Kingdom

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Site notice start
4 February 2026
Site notice end
25 February 2026

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14656384
Documents
16
Constraints
13

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site

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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