LAMP POST 020 O/S Lunar House 40 Wellesley Road Croydon CR9 2BY
Approved on 2 April 2026
Council decision: No ObjectionDelegated (officer decision)
Proposal
The installation of one omni-antenna, located at a height of 6 metres AGL on the existing lamp post; The installation of one wraparound feeder pillar cabinet situated adjacent to the lamppost; Ancillary development thereto including; 2 no. Remote Radio Units situated at a height of 5 meters AGL on the existing lamp post. 1 no. Base Band Unit situated at a height of 5.5 meters AGL on the existing lamp post.
- Received
- 9 March 2026
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- London Borough of Croydon
- Ward
- Fairfield
- Agent
- Clarke Telecom Ltd
- ReceivedReceived9 Mar
- ValidatedValidated10 Mar
- Consult.Consultation
- TargetTarget Date7 Apr
- DecidedDecided2 Apr
Decided in 23 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is an outline application at LAMP POST 020 O/S Lunar House 40 Wellesley Road Croydon CR9 2BY. Croydon has handled 1,919 applications of this type. This one was decided in 24 days, 5 weeks quicker than Croydon's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 101 applications across Fairfield. We hold 101 applications in total for the CR9 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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Application details
- Postcode
- CR9 2BY
- Application type
- Observations on permitted development
- Scale / size
- Small
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 10 March 2026
- Consultation start
- 26 March 2026
- Target decision date
- 7 April 2026
- Permission expires
- 2 April 2031
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Clarke Telecom Ltd
- Agent address
- 2nd Floor, Building C, One Central Park, Northampton Road, Manchester, M40 5BP
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 28 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.
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.
Planning history at this site
4 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 202525 Sep
Two digital 75-inch LCD display screens, one on each side of the Street Hub unit.
ApprovedAdvertisement consent25/03126/ADV - 202525 Sep
The proposed installation of 1no. BT Street Hub and removal of associated existing BT payphone(s).
ApprovedApplication25/03125/FUL - 20246 Dec
Change of use from offices (Use Class E) to residential (Use Class C3) to create 419 self-contained flats…
ApprovedApplication24/04124/GPDO - 20246 Nov
Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) Screening Opinion Request for refurbishment and conversion of the…
PendingApplication24/03861/ENV
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