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26/01878/GPDO - Prior Appvl - Class E to (dwellings) C3 Refused

Proposal

Change of Use of Ground Floor from Class E to Class C3 under Schedule 2, Part 3, Class MA of The Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (as amended) to create two residential units. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

Received
29 Jun 2026
Consultation
15 Jul 2026
Refused
24 Aug 2026
Appeal
Not lodged

Refused on 24 Aug 2026 · Delegated Business Meeting · Last checked 26 Aug 2026

Site constraints 3

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
1 listed building within 150 m; Inside the Croydon built-up area.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 11 September 2026. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England 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
Prior Appvl - Class E to (dwellings) C3
Postcode
CR0 6BB
Received
29 Jun 2026
Validated
29 Jun 2026
Ward
Addiscombe West
Case officer
Show
Target decision
24 Aug 2026
Decision
(Approval) refused
Decision date
24 Aug 2026
Decision level
Delegated Business Meeting
Applicant
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Agent
LPC (Trull) Ltd

How this decision compares

Decided in 56 days from validation, about the council's usual 55 days. Refused, as 59% of changes of use here are.

66%decided within 8 weeks
41%approved
122decided 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.

28 neighbours consulted · Last counted 26 Aug 2026

Read the comments on the council site ↗

Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP-15041879
Neighbours
14 Jul 2026
Consultation
15 Jul 2026
Comments by
6 Aug 2026
Site or press notice
17 Jul 2026
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