Foxgrove Apartments 9 Wicks Way Upper Norwood London SE19 3DY Data via plota.co.uk

26/02306/FUL - Full planning permission Approved

Proposal

The replacement of all combustible materials contained within existing external building walls with non combustible materials. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
13 Aug 2026
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Consultation
18 Aug 2026
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Approved
17 Sept 2026

Approved on 17 Sept 2026 · Delegated Business Meeting · Last checked 17 Sept 2026

Documents 22

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 ↗
Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 2
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
Also on the record
Inside the Croydon built-up area; Public transport access: PTAL 2 (poor), TfL 2023, for the 100 m square; Priority habitat 48 m away: Traditional orchard.
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
SE19 3DY
Received
13 Aug 2026
Validated
13 Aug 2026
Ward
Crystal Palace And Upper Norwood
Case officer
Show
Target decision
8 Oct 2026
Decision
Permission Granted
Decision date
17 Sept 2026
Decision level
Delegated Business Meeting
Applicant
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Agent
Martin Arnold Ltd

How this decision compares

Decided in 35 days from validation, 18 days faster than Croydon's median of 53 for extensions. Approved, as 80% of extensions here are.

77%decided within 8 weeks
80%approved
994decided in the last year

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

Public comments

No public comments yet.

66 neighbours consulted · Last counted 17 Sept 2026

Read the comments on the council site ↗

Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP-14392063
Planning Portal ref
PP-14392063
Neighbours
18 Aug 2026
Consultation
18 Aug 2026
Comments by
14 Sept 2026
Site or press notice
24 Aug 2026
Statutory expiry
8 Oct 2026
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