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Southern House Wellesley Grove Croydon CR0 1XG

26/01087/ENVSEnvironmental Impact Screening OpinionApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 5 May 2026

Council decision: Environmental Impact Assessment Not Req.Delegated (officer decision)

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) Screening Opinion Request for change of use from office use to residential housing for up to 300 units.

Received
10 April 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Fairfield
  1. Received10 Apr
  2. Validated14 Apr
  3. Consult.
  4. Target5 May
  5. Decided5 May

Decided in 21 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application for a change of use at Southern House Wellesley Grove Croydon CR0 1XG. Croydon has handled 1,919 applications of this type. This one was decided in 25 days, 4 weeks quicker than Croydon's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 101 applications across Fairfield. 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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Application details

Postcode
CR0 1XG
Application type
Environmental Impact Screening Opinion
Scale / size
Large
Number of dwellings
300

Planning application dates

Date validated
14 April 2026
Consultation start
21 April 2026
Target decision date
5 May 2026
Permission expires
5 May 2031

Applicant and agent

Agent
Lichfields
Agent address
The Minster Building, 21 Mincing Lane, London EC3R 7AG

Planning decision

Statutory period
21 days

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
3
Constraints
52

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Brownfield land register: Southern House, Wellesley GroveRegister site at or near this address · +7 more
  • 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 (21)

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 and heritage coasts.

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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