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41 Swinburne Crescent Croydon CR0 7BZ

26/00674/FULFull planning permissionRefused
Full

Refused on 30 April 2026

Council decision: Permission RefusedDelegated (officer decision)3 reasons for refusal

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Retrospective change of use from C3 (Dwellinghouse) to C4 (House in Multiple Occupation).

Received
5 March 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Shirley North
  1. Received5 Mar
  2. Validated6 Mar
  3. Consult.22 Apr
  4. Target1 May
  5. Decided30 Apr

Decided in 55 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at 41 Swinburne Crescent Croydon CR0 7BZ. Croydon has handled 3,635 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 79 applications across Shirley North. We hold 5,298 applications in total for the CR0 postcode area.

79% of full 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 proposed change of use results in the net loss of a 3 bedroom home (as originally built) for which there is an identified need in the borough, contrary to policies SP2.7 and DM1.2 of the Croydon Local Plan 2018.
  2. The shared kitchen at ground floor level would be more than one floor distance from the loft floor bedroom, and therefore the proposal fails to provide an adequate standard of accommodation contrary to Policy DM10 of Croydon Local Plan 2018 and the Croydon Houses in Multiple Occupation Standards 2015.
  3. It has not been demonstrated that there would not be an unreasonable impact on the parking stress level of the surrounding roads to the detriment of the highway conditions of the area. As such, the proposal would be contrary to policies T4 and T6 of the London Plan 2021 and policies SP8 and DM29 of the Croydon Local Plan 2018.

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

Postcode
CR0 7BZ
Application type
Full planning permission
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
6 March 2026
Consultation expiry
22 April 2026
Consultation start
17 March 2026
Neighbour consultation start
30 March 2026
Neighbour consultation end
22 April 2026
Target decision date
1 May 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
Box Plans
Agent address
124 City Road London EC1V 2NX

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14755846
Comments
0
Documents
8
Constraints
3

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

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