Garage And Store Adjoining 1 Grecian Crescent Upper Norwood London Data via plota.co.uk

25/01530/FUL - Full planning permission Refused

Proposal

Demolition of garage and store and erection of a 2-storey dwelling Data via plota.co.uk

View original council record ↗Last checked

Application progress

✓
Received
8 May 2025
✓
Validated
23 Jul 2025
✓
Consultation
23 Jul 2025
✗
Refused
11 Sept 2025
✗
Appeal dismissed
30 Mar 2026

Refused on 11 Sept 2025 · Delegated Business Meeting · Last checked 14 Oct 2026

Site constraints 6

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
Conservation area 44 m away: Norwood Grove; 2 listed buildings within 150 m; Inside the Croydon built-up area; Public transport access: PTAL 2 (poor), TfL 2023, for the 100 m square.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

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Important details

Council
Croydon
Application type
Full planning permission
Received
8 May 2025
Validated
23 Jul 2025
Ward
Crystal Palace And Upper Norwood
Case officer
Show
Target decision
17 Sept 2025
Decision
Permission Refused
Decision date
11 Sept 2025
Decision level
Delegated Business Meeting
Appeal
Dismissed · 30 Mar 2026 · Written Representations · Inspectorate case 6002117 ↗
Applicant
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Agent
Mittelman Associates LLP

How this decision compares

Decided in 50 days from validation, 13 days faster than Croydon's median of 63 for full applications. Refused, as 41% of full applications here are.

45%decided within 8 weeks
59%approved
607decided in the last year

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

Public comments

1comment received
1 supporting

14 neighbours consulted · Last counted 14 Oct 2026

Read the comments on the council site ↗

Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP-13996191
Planning Portal ref
PP-13996191
Neighbours
24 Jul 2025
Consultation
23 Jul 2025
Comments by
16 Aug 2025
Statutory expiry
17 Sept 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