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70 Bensham Manor Road Thornton Heath CR7 7AB

26/01668/FULRefused

Refused on 3 August 2026

2 reasons for refusal

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

change of use from single dwelling to 4 flats - 1x3bed/4p, 2xstudio/1p & 1x 1bed/2p with associated alterations including a roof terrace at 1st floor level & 2nd floor

Submitted
8 June 2026
  1. Received8 Jun
  2. Validated
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided3 Aug

Decided in 56 days

About this application

This is a planning application for a change of use at 70 Bensham Manor Road Thornton Heath CR7 7AB. Croydon has handled 19,636 applications of this type. This one was decided in 56 days. There have been 3 other applications at this address. We hold 1,530 applications in total for the CR7 postcode area.

Why it was refused

  1. The proposed second roof terrace would due to its design, siting and appearance would harm the visual appearance of the host building and the character and appearance of the wider area. The application scheme would therefore fail to comply with Policies SP4 and DM10 of Croydon Local Plan 2018 and Policy D3 of London Plan 2021
  2. The proposal would result in substandard accommodation by reason of the poor quality of the outlook and daylight of occupants of the front/flank bedroom of Flat 2 and the poor access to the private amenity space of Flat 1. The application scheme would therefore fail to comply with Policy DM10 of Croydon Local Plan 2018 and Policy D6 of the London Plan 2021.

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

Postcode
CR7 7AB

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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