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6 Firsby Avenue Croydon CR0 8TL

26/00725/LPLDC (Proposed) Operations edgedRefused
Outline / PiP

Refused on 1 May 2026

1 reason for refusal

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Lawful development certifcate for loft conversion and side dormer

Received
10 March 2026
Ward
Shirley North
Agent
CANOPY PLANNING SERVICES LTD
  1. Received10 Mar
  2. Validated10 Mar
  3. Consult.
  4. Target5 May
  5. Decided1 May

Decided in 52 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application for a loft conversion at 6 Firsby Avenue Croydon CR0 8TL. Croydon has handled 1,919 applications of this type. This one was decided in 52 days, 4 days quicker than Croydon's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application 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.

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 works do not fall within the scope of permitted development as identified under Part 1, Schedule 2, Class B.1 (d) of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (as amended) as the cubic content of the resulting roof space would exceed the cubic content of the original roof space by more than 50 cubic metres. First Schedule: Lawful development certificate for loft conversion and side dormer Second Schedule: 6 Firsby Avenue, Croydon, CR0 8TL, ,

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

Postcode
CR0 8TL
Application type
LDC (Proposed) Operations edged
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
10 March 2026
Consultation start
30 March 2026
Target decision date
5 May 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
CANOPY PLANNING SERVICES LTD
Agent address
5 PALMERSTON COURT PALMERSTON ROAD SUTTON SM1 4QL United Kingdom

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14768246
Comments
0
Documents
9
Constraints
2

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.

Planning history at this site

1 other application at this property, newest first.

  1. 2026
    18 May

    Loft conversion with side dormer

    RefusedApplication26/01455/HSE

Source: Croydon

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