1391 - 1393 London Road Norbury London SW16 4AN Data via plota.co.uk

26/00641/FUL - Full planning permission Allowed on appeal
Change of useCommercial premises

Proposal

Change of use of ground floor from vacant Class E unit to Adult Gaming Centre (AGC) (Sui Generis) Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
2 Mar 2026
✓
Consultation
27 Apr 2026
✗
Refused
11 May 2026
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Appeal allowed
14 Sept 2026

Refused on 11 May 2026 · Delegated Business Meeting · Last checked 17 Sept 2026

Documents 21

Decision & officer reports 2

PDF REFUSED (PR) FULL - DEC NOTICE Decision Notice(s) · 11 May 2026 View ↗ PDF OFFICER REPORT WEB - FINAL Officers Report Final · 11 May 2026 View ↗

Statements & assessments 7

PDF Commenter’s name hidden Show Appeal Public Documents · 26 May 2026 View ↗
PDF NOISE IMPACT ASSESSMENT Drawing · 2 Mar 2026 View ↗ PDF FIRE STATEMENT Statements / Assessments · 2 Mar 2026 View ↗ PDF DESIGN AND ACCESS STATEMENT Statements / Assessments · 2 Mar 2026 View ↗ PDF HERITAGE STATEMENT Statements / Assessments · 2 Mar 2026 View ↗ PDF FLOOD RISK ASSESSMENT Statements / Assessments · 2 Mar 2026 View ↗ PDF PLANNING STATEMENT Statements / Assessments · 2 Mar 2026 View ↗

Plans & drawings 5

PDF THE LOCATION PLAN Drawing · 2 Mar 2026 View ↗ PDF THE LOCATION PLAN Drawing · 2 Mar 2026 View ↗ PDF FLOOR PLAN - EXISTING Drawing · 2 Mar 2026 View ↗ PDF FLOOR PLAN Drawing · 2 Mar 2026 View ↗ PDF PROPOSED DISPLAY Drawing · 2 Mar 2026 View ↗

Application forms 1

PDF APPLICATION FORM - WITHOUT PERSONAL DATA Application Form · 2 Mar 2026 View ↗

Other documents 6

PDF Commenter’s name hidden Show Appeal Public Documents · 23 Jun 2026 View ↗
PDF MARKETING INFO Other · 28 May 2026 View ↗
PDF Commenter’s name hidden Show Other · 23 Apr 2026 View ↗
PDF PLANNING BROCHURE Other · 2 Mar 2026 View ↗ PDF TRIP SURVEYS Other · 2 Mar 2026 View ↗ PDF SECURED BY DESIGN MEASURES Other · 2 Mar 2026 View ↗

All documents on the council site ↗

Associated applications 2

Site constraints 6

Archaeological priority area
An assessment or field evaluation may be asked for before ground works.
The council or Historic England considers archaeology likely here. A desk-based assessment, and sometimes trial trenching, can be asked for with the application.
Air quality management area: Croydon AQMA
The council has declared the area as failing an air quality objective.
Schemes that add traffic, parking or combustion plant are assessed against the area's action plan and may need an air quality assessment.
Council record ↗
Town centre: Norbury
A designated centre in the London Plan.
Shops, services and active frontages are protected in centres, and main town centre uses are steered here first.
Also on the record
Conservation area 88 m away: Norbury Estate; Inside the Croydon built-up area; Public transport access: PTAL 2 (poor), TfL 2023, for the 100 m square.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No listed building at the site

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Important details

Council
Croydon
Application type
Full planning permission
Postcode
SW16 4AN
Received
2 Mar 2026
Validated
2 Mar 2026
Ward
Norbury And Pollards Hill
Case officer
Show
Target decision
8 May 2026
Decision
Permission Refused
Decision date
11 May 2026
Decision level
Delegated Business Meeting
Appeal
Allowed · 14 Sept 2026 · Written Representations · Inspectorate case 6010189 ↗
Applicant
Show
Agent
Planning Potential Ltd.

How this decision compares

Decided in 70 days from validation, 14 days slower than Croydon's median of 56 for changes of use. Approved, as 44% of changes of use here are.

60%decided within 8 weeks
44%approved
159decided in the last year

Plota live figures for changes of use decided by Croydon in the last twelve months, from validation. Croydon decision record →

Public comments

12comments received
12 objecting

100% object · above the UK average of 74%

69 neighbours consulted · Last counted 17 Sept 2026

Read the comments on the council site ↗

Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP-14735214
Planning Portal ref
PP-14735214
Neighbours
25 Mar 2026
Consultation
27 Apr 2026
Comments by
17 Apr 2026
Statutory expiry
27 Apr 2026

Historical activity at this location

33 previous applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.

This property

Previous applications at this address

2024 Approved
Removal of facial signs and marketing and stone work to be made good
24/01494/FUL
2023 Approved
Conversion of the existing vacant first and second floors, formally used as a language sc…
23/01586/FUL
2023 Approved
Discharge of condition 2C and 2E ONLY (Detailed drawings in plan/elevation and section at…
23/02505/DISC
2023 Refused
Discharge of condition 2C and 2E ONLY (Detailed drawings in plan/elevation and section at…
23/00550/DISC
2022 Refused
Conversion of the existing vacant first and second floors, formally used as a language sc…
22/04524/FUL
2020 Refused
Details pursuant to conditions 2a (materials), b (dormer windows), c (balcony), d (extern…
20/01895/DISC
2018 Approved
Alterations involving side extension, rebuilding of existing roof, with the addition of d…
18/04605/FUL
2018 Approved
Removal of ATM and reinstatement of stonework
18/06039/FUL
Within ~100m

Nearby activity

2024 Refused
1358 - 1370 London Road Norbury London SW16 4DE
Alterations to 1370 London Road alongside the redevelopment of the wider site including t…
24/03783/FUL
2025 Approved
Bus Shelter Pavement Outside 1353 - 1357 London Road London SW16 4BE
Advertising as part of a bus shelter.
25/00323/ADV
2025 Approved
Bus Shelter Pavement Outside 1334 - 1336 London Road London SW16 4DG
Advertising as part of a bus shelter.
25/00316/ADV
2025
Norbury Complex 1326 - 1328 London Road Norbury London SW16 4DG
Change of use from bar/nightclub (sui generis) to events hall (sui generis) at the ground…
25/00840/FUL
2024
1336A London Road Norbury London SW16 4DG
Change of use from a Hairdresser (Class E) to a Restaurant and Takeaway (Sui Generis) wit…
24/02098/FUL
2024 Approved
New World Payphones Kiosks O/S 1363 - 1365 London Road Norbury London SW16 4BE
Installation of illuminated digital advertisement screen on elevation of digital communic…
24/00139/ADV
2024 Approved
New World Payphones Kiosks O/S 1363 - 1365 London Road Norbury London SW16 4BE
Erection of a single black digital communications kiosk (following removal of two (2) exi…
24/00138/FUL
2023 Refused
1340A London Road Norbury London SW16 4DG
Conversion of existing four bedroom flat into 3 flats, (2x2bed & 1x1bed) with loft conver…
23/04563/FUL
2023 Refused
1340A London Road Norbury London SW16 4DG
Conversion of existing flat into 2 flats, 1x2bed & 1x4bed, loft conversion, erection of r…
23/01165/FUL
2023 Refused
1D Stanford Road Norbury London SW16 4PZ
Erection of rear dormer window and two front dormer windows. Raising of roof ridge height…
23/00633/HSE
2022 Refused
9 Tylecroft Road Norbury London SW16 4BL
Erection of single storey rear extension.
22/03894/HSE
2023 Approved
Telephone Exchange Craignish Avenue Norbury London SW16 4DD
The replacement of 3 antennas with 6 new antennas and ancillary development thereto.
23/00747/PDO
2023 Refused
Telephone Exchange Craignish Avenue Norbury London SW16 4DD
The replacement of 3 antennas with 6 new antennas and ancillary development thereto.
23/00027/PDO
2022 Approved
1D Stanford Road Norbury London SW16 4PZ
Change of use from Live/work unit (Class E, formally B1) to Residential (Class C3). Conve…
22/04224/FUL
2022 Refused
1340A London Road Norbury London SW16 4DG
Proposed conversion of the existing flat into 3 flats. First and second floor rear extens…
22/04723/FUL
2022 Refused
Telephone Exchange Craignish Avenue Norbury London SW16 4DD
The replacement of 3 antennas with 6 new antennas and ancillary development thereto.
22/05130/PDO
2022 Approved
1354 London Road Norbury London SW16 4DA
Display of a fascia sign and a high level projecting sign with illumination
22/04313/ADV
2022 Approved
Telephone Exchange Craignish Avenue Norbury London SW16 4DD
Removal of six antennae to be replaced with six antennae. Removal of three RRU's. Additio…
22/01273/PDO
2021 Approved
Telephone Exchange Craignish Avenue Norbury London SW16 4DD
Proposed upgrade to the existing telecommunications apparatus including installation of a…
21/05824/PDO
2021 Approved
1351 London Road Norbury London SW16 4BE
Erecting extractions and ventilation duct system at rear elevation of the premises and as…
21/05059/FUL
2016 Refused
1355-1357 London Road, Norbury, London, SW16 4BE
Installation of plant equipment and shopfront
16/02662/P
2016 Approved
1383 London Road, Norbury, London, SW16 4AN
Illuminated fascia and projecting signs
16/02032/A
2016 Approved
Garages Adjacent 1 Sherlock Close, Norbury, London SW16 4BF
'Demolition of garages; erection of two storey building with accomodation in roofspace an…
16/00935/P
2016 Approved
Semley School Of Dancing, 1 Semley Road, Norbury, London, SW16 4PS
Demolition of existing building and construction of three story building with accommodati…
16/00089/P
2016
R/O 1355-1357 London Road, Norbury, London, SW16 4BE
Alterations to include new shopfront and erection of first and second floor extensions to…
16/00235/P
Croydon
Planning Authority Score
3.6/10
Below average
#215 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Change of use

Croydon ranks #159 out of 296 councils for householder decision speed. Householder applications are slightly less likely to be approved here (87%) than the national average (90%).

These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application. View full council performance
Croydon decision statistics
Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026
75%
Overall approval rate
Below avg (87%) #286 of 296
87%
Householder approved
Below avg (90%) #230 of 296
62%
Decided in 8 weeks
Below avg (63%) #159 of 296
44%
Extended time limit
Above avg (41%) #177 of 296
45%
Minor dwellings approved
238 decided (1-9 homes)
58%
Major dwellings approved
12 decided (10+ homes)
53%
Change of use approved
53 decided
1,590
Total decisions
403 refused in the year to March 2026
Source: MHCLG planning statistics · See full council rankings