Spiral House 29 - 35 Gladstone Road Croydon CR0 2BQ Data via plota.co.uk
Proposal
Change of use from Class B8 (storage and distribution) to Class B2 (general industrial) for use as an MOT testing and vehicle servicing centre, together with associated internal alterations. Data via plota.co.uk
Application progress
Refused on 6 Oct 2026 · Delegated Business Meeting · Last checked 7 Oct 2026
Documents 14
Decision & officer reports 2
Statements & assessments 5
Plans & drawings 6
Site constraints 4
Checked on 6 October 2026. 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.
Sales history 1
Last sold for £3,200,000 in June 2022. Other property, freehold.
Sale prices from HM Land Registry's price paid record, matched to this application by its address.
Building
From the energy performance certificate lodged in July 2019, the latest held for this property. The building may have changed since. View the certificate
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Important details
- Council
- Croydon
- Application type
- Full planning permission
- Postcode
- CR0 2BQ
- Received
- 12 Aug 2026
- Validated
- 12 Aug 2026
- Ward
- Selhurst
- Case officer
- Show
- Target decision
- 7 Oct 2026
- Decision
- Permission Refused
- Decision date
- 6 Oct 2026
- Decision level
- Delegated Business Meeting
- Applicant
- Show
- Agent
- V16Designz Ltd.
- Freehold owner
- Show
How this decision compares
Decided in 55 days from validation, about the council's usual 56 days. Refused, as 56% of changes of use here are.
Plota live figures for changes of use decided by Croydon in the last twelve months, from validation. Croydon decision record →
Public comments
100% object · above the UK average of 74%
24 neighbours consulted · Last counted 7 Oct 2026
Consultation & key dates
- Alt. reference
- PP-14799381
- Planning Portal ref
- PP-14799381
- Neighbours
- 25 Aug 2026
- Consultation
- 25 Aug 2026
- Comments by
- 17 Sept 2026
- Statutory expiry
- 7 Oct 2026
Historical activity at this location
25 previous applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.
Previous applications at this address
Nearby activity
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%).
Sale prices: Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Energy performance: Energy performance certificates from the Energy Performance of Buildings Register, Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright 2026.
Freehold owner: Information produced by HM Land Registry. © Crown copyright 2026. Source: HM Land Registry, UK and overseas companies that own property in England and Wales, September 2026 release.
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