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Shop 19 Old Lodge Lane Purley CR8 4DG

26/01304/GPDORefused

Refused on 23 June 2026

Council decision: (Approval) refused2 reasons for refusal

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Change of use from commercial (Use Class E) to residential (Use Class C3) to form 1x studio self-contained residential unit under Schedule 2, Part 3, Class MA of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (as amended)

Received
1 May 2026
Ward
Purley And Woodcote
  1. Received1 May
  2. Validated1 May
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided23 Jun

Decided in 53 days

About this application

This is a planning application for a change of use at Shop 19 Old Lodge Lane Purley CR8 4DG. Croydon has handled 19,636 applications of this type. This one was decided in 53 days, 3 days quicker than Croydon's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 170 applications across Purley And Woodcote. We hold 2,481 applications in total for the CR8 postcode area.

Why it was refused

  1. It has not been demonstrated that the cycle storage would be adequate and suitable to serve the proposal, nor has it been demonstrated that there is suitable site access. The proposed development therefore fails to promote sustainable modes of transport and provide safe site access to the unit. The proposal would therefore be contrary to Condition MA.2. (2)(a) of Class MA of Part 3 of Schedule 2 of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (as amended) and conflicts with Policy T5 of the London Plan (2021) and Policy DM30 of the Croydon Local Plan (2018).
  2. In the absence of a legal agreement, the application does not offer a means to prevent increased car use in the Controlled Parking Zone and promote sustainable transport modes. The proposal would therefore be contrary to condition MA.2. (2) (a) of Class MA of Part 3 of Schedule 2 to the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (As Amended), and would conflict with Policies T1, T2, T4, and T6 of the London Plan (2021) and Policies SP8, DM29 and DM30 of the Croydon Local Plan (2018).

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

Postcode
CR8 4DG

Planning application dates

Date validated
1 May 2026

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant

Planning decision

Case officer
Grace Hewett

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Brownfield land register: 95-111 Brighton Road and 1-5, 9-15 and 19 Old Lodge LaneRegister site at or near this address
  • 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

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