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Shop 19 Portland Road South Norwood London SE25 4UF

26/01937/FULFull planning permissionRefused
Full

Refused on 14 September 2026

Council decision: Permission Refused2 reasons for refusal

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Alterations,change of use from Class E to Sui Generis (hot food takeaway) and the installation of a flue to rear.

Received
6 July 2026
Public comments
0 · last counted 5 November 2026
Ward
South Norwood
Agent
MM Architecture & Structure Services
  1. Received6 Jul
  2. Validated6 Jul
  3. Consult.6 Aug
  4. Target31 Aug
  5. Decided14 Sep

Decided in 70 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at Shop 19 Portland Road South Norwood London SE25 4UF. Croydon has handled 3,634 applications of this type. This one was decided in 70 days, 2 weeks longer than Croydon's typical decision time. The site is in the South Norwood conservation area. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 103 applications across South Norwood. We hold 1,186 applications in total for the SE25 postcode area.

79% of full 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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Why it was refused

  1. The proposed development would result in the provision of a takeaway unit within 400m walking distance from the entrance and exit of an existing secondary school and would therefore harm the health and wellbeing of local school children, and would also result in a cluster of hot food takeaways, contrary of the requirements of chapter 16 and policy HC5 of the National Planning Policy Framework (2026), Policy E9(D) of the London Plan (2021) and Policy DM4 of the Croydon Local Plan (2018).
  2. The applicant has failed to demonstrate that the proposal would not result in unreasonable noise, vibration and general disturbance to nearby residents, and the proposal would thereby be contrary to Policies D3 and D14 of the London Plan (2021) and Policies SP4, DM10, SP6.3(h) and DM23 of the Croydon Local Plan (2018).

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

Postcode
SE25 4UF
Application type
Full planning permission
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
6 July 2026
Consultation expiry
13 August 2026
Consultation start
14 July 2026
Consultation end
6 August 2026
Neighbour consultation start
14 July 2026
Neighbour consultation end
6 August 2026
Target decision date
31 August 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
MM Architecture & Structure Services
Agent address
892 London Road Thornton Heath London Cr7 7PB GB

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
23 July 2026
Advertisement expiry
13 August 2026
Site notice start
17 July 2026
Site notice end
7 August 2026

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-15042291
Documents
12
Constraints
10

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

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 (20)

flood storage areas, listed buildings, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, 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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