Garages Rear Of 31 - 49 Elmfield Way South Croydon Data via plota.co.uk

25/03461/DISC - Discharge of Conditions Refused

Proposal

Discharge of Parts a to f of Condition 8 (Drainage) of planning permission Variation of condition 2 (approved documents and drawings) attached to planning permission (Demolition of existing garages and redevelopment of the site to provide 8no. semi-detached dwellings and 1no. detached dwelling, provision of improved vehicular and pedestrian access, vehicle and cycle parking, landscaping and refuse storage areas). Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

✓
Received
24 Oct 2025
✓
Consultation
3 Feb 2026
✗
Refused
24 Apr 2026
✗
Appeal dismissed
18 May 2026

Refused on 24 Apr 2026 · Delegated Business Meeting · Last checked 10 Oct 2026

Documents 16

All documents on the council site ↗

Site constraints 5

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 ↗
Also on the record
Radon affected area, class 4; SSSI 355 m away: Croham Hurst SSSI; Inside the Croydon built-up area; Public transport access: PTAL 1a (very 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

Checked on 10 October 2026. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England, the British Geological Survey and UK Health Security Agency (radon, contains BGS materials © UKRI), 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
Discharge of Conditions
Received
24 Oct 2025
Validated
24 Oct 2025
Ward
Sanderstead
Case officer
Show
Target decision
8 May 2026
Decision
Not approved
Decision date
24 Apr 2026
Decision level
Delegated Business Meeting
Appeal
Dismissed · 18 May 2026 · Written Representations · Inspectorate case 6005342 ↗
Applicant
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Agent
Peacock + Smith Ltd

How this decision compares

Decided in 182 days from validation, 127 days slower than Croydon's median of 55 for discharge of conditions. Refused, as 23% of discharge of conditions here are.

68%decided within 8 weeks
77%approved
440decided in the last year

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

Public comments

No public comments yet.

Last counted 10 Oct 2026

Read the comments on the council site ↗

Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP-14435452
Planning Portal ref
PP-14435452
Consultation
3 Feb 2026
Statutory expiry
19 Dec 2025
Croydon
Planning Authority Score
3.6/10
Below average
#215 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Householder decisions

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