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Transmitter Mast Opposite St Paul's Church Croham Road South Croydon

26/00803/PA8Telecommunications Code System operatorRefused

Refused on 8 May 2026

Council decision: (Approval) refusedDelegated (officer decision)

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Removal of 1no existing 8m mock telegraph monopole with existing antennas and 2no existing equipment cabinets to be replaced with 1no new 20m monopole with wrap-around cabinet accommodating new antennas with 2no other new equipment cabinets and other associated ancillary works thereto including the installation of 1no new GPS node.

Received
16 March 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
18
Ward
South Croydon
  1. Received16 Mar
  2. Validated16 Mar
  3. Consult.17 Apr
  4. Target10 May
  5. Decided8 May

Decided in 53 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a telecoms application at Transmitter Mast Opposite St Paul's Church Croham Road South Croydon. Croydon has handled 37 applications of this type. This one was decided in 53 days, 3 days quicker than Croydon's typical decision time. The site is in 1 listed building nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 95 applications across South Croydon.

60% of telecoms 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

Application type
Telecommunications Code System operator
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
16 March 2026
Consultation expiry
17 April 2026
Consultation start
25 March 2026
Neighbour consultation start
25 March 2026
Neighbour consultation end
17 April 2026
Target decision date
10 May 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
Avison Young
Agent address
6th Floor, 11 York Street Manchester M2 2AW

Planning decision

Statutory period
55 days

Publicity

Site notice start
25 March 2026
Site notice end
15 April 2026

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14782942
Documents
15
Constraints
5

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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