BT Street Hub at Pavement O/S 265 High Street, Croydon
Summary of planning committee decision
Decided by Croydon Planning Sub-Committee on 23 Jul 2026.
What was proposed
The application proposed one BT Street Hub, providing public connectivity, charging, information, emergency calls and digital advertising; an existing telephone box would be removed.
“PLANNING COMMITTEE AGENDA 23 July 2026 PART 5: Planning Applications for Decision Item 5.5 1 APPLICATION DETAILS Ref: 25/03101/FUL Location: Pavement O/S 265 High Street, Croydon, CR0 1QH Ward: Fairfield Description: The proposed installation of 1no. BT Street Hub. Drawing Nos: REV A, 002 REV A (Proposed Site Plan), 002 REV A (Proposed Site Plan with Sight Lines), 003 REV A (Existing and Proposed Elevations), 003 REV A (Proposed BT StreetHub Elevations).”
Officer report
Related application
A related application for two digital display screens was pending a decision.
“Planning History 3.3 The following planning applications are relevant to the application: 25/03102/ADV – Two digital 75-inch LCD display screens, one on each side of the Street Hub unit. Pending decision. . SUMMARY OF KEY REASONS FOR RECOMMENDATION • The proposal would be acceptable in terms of design, scale and appearance, with a neutral impact on the streetscene and public realm.”
Officer report
Local concerns
No neighbouring representations were received, while a ward councillor objected on safety, accessibility, visual, environmental and public health grounds.
“CONSULTATION RESPONSE 5.1 The views of the Planning Service are expressed in the MATERIAL PLANNING CONSIDERATIONS section below. LOCAL REPRESENTATION 6.1 A total of 8 neighbouring properties were notified about the application and invited to comment. No representations have been received.”
“Councillor Ria Patel raised an objection to all the current BT Street Hub applications and referred them to Planning Committee for consideration, based on the following summarised grounds: • Public safety and accessibility. • Visual impact and street clutter. • Environmental and public health considerations.”
Officer report
The committee vote
Councillors Lee and Johnson proposed and seconded a motion to grant the application in accordance with the officer recommendation, which passed unanimously.
“The motion to GRANT the application in accordance with the officer recommendation was proposed by Councillor Lee and seconded by Councillor Johnson.”
“The motion to GRANT the application was put to the vote and carried unanimously.”
Minutes
The decision
The committee resolved to grant the application.
“Therefore, the Committee RESOLVED to GRANT the application for…”
Minutes
Sources
- Croydon Planning Sub-Committee minutes, 23 July 2026
- Agenda and papers (council website)
Source: Plota analysis of Croydon's committee minutes and officer report. Quotations are the council's own words; headings and summaries are Plota's.
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- Committee
- Croydon Planning Sub-Committee
- Council
- Croydon
- Date
- Thursday 23 July 2026
- Recommendation
- Officers recommended approval
- Committee decided
- Approved
- Vote
- Unanimous
- Minutes
- The council's minutes
- Meeting
- Agenda and papers (council website)
- Application
- The application (council website)
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This committee's year
23 decisions in the 12 months to this meeting, 3 against officer advice.
Source: Plota analysis of the committee's minutes.