220 - 222 Portland Road South Norwood London SE25 4QB

26/01135/PADDetermination prior approval demolitionApproved

Outline / PiP

Approved on 14 May 2026

Council decision: Approved (prior approvals only)Delegated (officer decision)1 condition

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Demolition of buildings forming a boiler house, workshop and three garages

Received: 17 April 2026
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments: 2
Council: London Borough of Croydon
Ward: Woodside
Agent: HIGHGATE Planning & Development Ltd

ReceivedReceived17 Apr
ValidatedValidated17 Apr
Consult.Consultation22 May
TargetTarget Date15 May
DecidedDecided14 May

Decided in 27 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application for demolition at 220 - 222 Portland Road South Norwood London SE25 4QB. Croydon has handled 1,919 applications of this type. This one was decided in 27 days, 4 weeks quicker than Croydon's typical decision time. There have been 4 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 74 applications across Woodside. We hold 1,185 applications in total for the SE25 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: SE25 4QB
Application type: Determination prior approval demolition
Scale / size: Small

Planning application dates

Date validated: 17 April 2026
Consultation expiry: 22 May 2026
Consultation start: 29 April 2026
Neighbour consultation start: 29 April 2026
Neighbour consultation end: 22 May 2026
Target decision date: 15 May 2026
Permission expires: 14 May 2031

Applicant and agent

Agent: HIGHGATE Planning & Development Ltd
Agent address: Bourne House 475 Godstone Road Whyteleafe CR3 0BL

Planning decision

Statutory period: 28 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID: PP-14857937
Documents: 12
Constraints: 8

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.

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

6 other applications at this property, newest first.

Source: Croydon

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