42 Cecil Court Addiscombe Road Croydon CR0 6SN
Proposal
Certificate of lawfulness for the existing use of the property as a small house in multiple occupation (Use Class C4) for three tenants forming three separate households, sharing communal kitchen and bathroom facilities, the use having subsisted continuously since August 2015.
- Received
- 10 August 2026
- Decided
- 30 September 2026 · Certificate Refused (Lawful Dev. Cert.)
- Public comments
- 0 · last counted 15 October 2026
- Council
- London Borough of Croydon
- Ward
- Addiscombe East
- ReceivedSubmitted10 Aug
- ValidatedValidated10 Aug
- Consult.Consultation
- TargetTarget Date5 Oct
- DecidedDecided30 Sep
Decided in 51 days
This is a planning application at 42 Cecil Court Addiscombe Road Croydon CR0 6SN. Croydon has handled 12,140 applications of this type and approves 79% of them, typically deciding them in 55 days. This one was decided in 51 days, 4 days quicker than Croydon's median. The site is in the East India Estate conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 2,817 applications in total for the CR0 postcode area.
Application Details
Applicant & Agent
Planning Application Dates
Planning Decision
Why it was refused
- The applicant has failed to demonstrate, on the balance of probabilities, that the flat has been in continuous use as a small House in Multiple Occupation within Class C4 of the Town and Country Planning (Use Classes) Order 1987 (as amended) since August 2015. A Certificate of Lawfulness cannot therefore be issued under section 191 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990. First Schedule: Certificate of lawfulness for the existing use of the property as a small house in multiple occupation (Use Class C4) for three tenants forming three separate households, sharing communal kitchen and bathroom facilities, the use having subsisted continuously since August 2015.
From the council's decision notice.
Publicity
Appeal
Additional Information
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Planning constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Conservation area: East India Estate
- Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
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Also checked, none recorded (21)
flood storage 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.
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