Crystal Palace Caravan Club Site Crystal Palace Parade Anerley London SE19 1UF Data via plota.co.uk

26/03032/AUT - Consultation from Adjoining Authority Awaiting decision
Change of useCommercial & major worksSchools, care & communityCommercial premises

Proposal

Temporary planning permission for a period of five years, for the temporary change of use of part of the former Rockhills Caravan and Motorhome Club site, to provide a Crystal Palace Park Trust office and community sauna facility, including the erection of a single-storey demountable office building and associated demountable sauna buildings, together with associated access, landscaping and screening, followed by the removal of all structures and restoration of the land to public open space. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
26 Oct 2026
✓
Consultation
4 Nov 2026
Decision
Expected by 23 Nov 2026

Under consideration

No decision has been issued yet. Plota predicts a decision around 21 Dec 2026, from Croydon's recent changes of use.

Documents

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Site constraints 10

2 listed buildings within 150 m of the postcode pin
Nearest: Gatepiers to Rockhills, Grade II, about 19 m from the postcode pin · 2 Grade II
The site itself is not listed. Listed building consent is needed for work that affects the special interest of a listed building, inside or out, on top of planning permission. Setting can be a consideration for buildings nearby; there is no fixed radius.
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Historic England ↗
Metropolitan Open Land
Green belt level protection inside London.
The London Plan gives Metropolitan Open Land the same protection as green belt: inappropriate development needs very special circumstances.
Registered park or garden: Crystal Palace Park
Nationally designated heritage. Its significance and setting carry great weight.
Registered parks and gardens, battlefields, world heritage sites and protected wrecks are designated heritage assets: harm needs clear and convincing justification.
Historic England ↗
Crystal Palace Park conservation area
Demolition needs planning permission and permitted development is restricted.
The council must give weight to preserving or enhancing the area's character and appearance. Not every council has published its boundaries as open data.
Council document ↗
Heritage at risk: Crystal Palace Park
On the register of historic places assessed as at risk.
A designated building, monument, park or conservation area assessed as at risk from neglect, decay or development. Proposals that secure its future are looked on favourably.
Historic England ↗
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: Bromley 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 ↗
Local nature reserve about 277 m away: Dulwich Upper Wood
Work nearby can need a habitats assessment.
Harm to a protected site is only accepted where there is no alternative and an overriding public interest.
Also on the record
Priority habitat about 4 m away: Deciduous woodland; Public transport access: PTAL 3 (moderate), TfL 2023, for the 100 m square.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 5 November 2026. The pin for this application is the centre of its postcode rather than the building, so distances to nearby designations are measured from the postcode and can be out by the width of the postcode area. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England, Transport for London (public transport access levels, Powered by TfL Open Data, OGL v3.0, contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2025) and council datasets, Open Government Licence. A boundary can run through a site and the council holds the definitive record: confirm with the council before relying on this.

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Important details

Council
Croydon
Application type
Consultation from Adjoining Authority
Postcode
SE19 1UF
Received
26 Oct 2026
Validated
26 Oct 2026
Ward
Out Of Borough
Case officer
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Target decision
23 Nov 2026
Agent
London Borough of Bromley

Decision outlook

Day 16 of the 56-day target. Croydon usually decides changes of use by day 56.

Day 1640 days to the 56-day target
58%decided within 8 weeks
42%approved
179decided 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

No public comments yet.

Last counted 5 Nov 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
Email received
Consultation
4 Nov 2026
Statutory expiry
23 Nov 2026

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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