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16 Smitham Downs Road Purley CR8 4NB

Granted Croydon 20/05575/FUL Full planning permission

Works: New dwelling Demolition Several homes

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Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.

Proposal

Demolition of existing dwelling, erection of a 3/4 storey building comprising 9 flats with basement car parking, landscaping and amenity space.

As published by the council, reference 20/05575/FUL

Application record

Reference
20/05575/FUL
Type
Full planning permission
Status
Decided
Decision
Granted As published: P. Granted with 106 legal Ag. (3 months)
Received
27 Oct 2020
Validated
27 Oct 2020
Decided
11 Oct 2021
Ward
Purley And Woodcote
Decision by
Planning Committee
Postcode
CR8 4NB

Site history

Applications at this address on the Croydon register

This site has had 2 applications since 2020: 1 approved, 1 refused.

  • 22/04264/CONR Refused

    16 Smitham Downs Road Purley CR8 4NB

    Variation of Condition 2 (Drawing Numbers) attached to permission 20/05575/FUL for Demolition of existing dwelling, erection of a 3/4 storey building comprising 9 flats with basement car parking, landscaping and amenity space.

    Decided 5 May 2023 Amendments

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 27 Oct 2020

    Received by Croydon

  2. 11 Oct 2021

    Decision issued: P. Granted with 106 legal Ag. (3 months)

  3. 12 Oct 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

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Context Architecture Agent, an architecture practice

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Documents

Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report

87 documents on file for this application

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What this grant of permission means

Croydon granted permission on 11 October 2021, subject to any conditions on the decision notice. Work must normally begin within three years or the permission lapses. More in our guide to what happens after a planning decision.

About full applications

A full application seeks permission for a complete, detailed proposal in one go, with siting, design, access and landscaping all fixed at this stage. More in our guide to planning application types.

Nearby applications

Within 0.3 miles

  • 16 Smitham Downs Road Purley CR8 4NB

    22/04264/CONR Submitted 13 Oct 2022 50 yards away

    Variation of Condition 2 (Drawing Numbers) attached to permission 20/05575/FUL for Demolition of existing dwelling, erection of a 3/4 storey building comprising 9 flats with basement car parking, landscaping and amenity space.

    Refused Amendments New dwelling Demolition 11 docs
    Several homes
  • Kingsmead Court 10 Smitham Downs Road Purley CR8 4NA

    21/02992/CONR Submitted 4 Jun 2021 100 yards away

    Variation of condition 2 (drawings) attached to permission 19/02313/FUL dated 27/09/19 for the demolition of existing dwelling and erection of two storey building with accommodation within the roof space as well an erection of a single storey bungalow located at the rear of the site to provide a total of nine units as well as revised vehicular access, associated parking, landscaping, internal refuse and cycle storage. The amendments are to the elevations, internal layouts and positioning of the rear bungalow.

    Granted Amendments Demolition 14 docs
    Several homes
  • 9 Smitham Downs Road Purley CR8 4NH

    21/03711/LP Submitted 13 Jul 2021 100 yards away

    Erection of an attached garage

    Refused Outline 8 docs
  • 8 Manor Wood Road Purley CR8 4LE

    21/03332/HSE Submitted 22 Jun 2021 150 yards away

    Single storey rear extension and part first floor rear extension, with extended raised patio.

    Granted Householder Extension 6 docs
    Small domestic
  • 5 Smitham Downs Road Purley CR8 4NH

    20/05370/FUL Submitted 9 Oct 2020 150 yards away

    Demolition of existing dwelling, the construction of a part 4 / part 5 storey residential building accommodating 20 flats, all together with vehicular accesses from Smitham Downs Road and The Vale, vehicle and cycle parking, refuse provision and associated hard and soft landscaping (amended description).

    Refused Full applications New dwelling Demolition 48 docs
    Major scheme
  • 5 Smitham Downs Road Purley CR8 4NH

    23/00133/FUL Submitted 12 Jan 2023 150 yards away

    Alterations to land levels, erection of two storey dwellinghouse with accommodation within the roof space adjacent to no. 5, erection of garden store, provision of associated parking/cycle provision and refuse store

    Granted Full applications 19 docs
    Domestic

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    Received 2 Sep, published by the council 7 Sep 2026 Full applications
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    Received 24 Aug, published by the council 28 Aug 2026 Full applications