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Saffron House 15 Park Street Croydon CR0 1YD

Refused Croydon 23/00236/GPDO Prior Appvl - Class E to (dwellings) C3

Works: New dwelling Several homes

Read from the description, not a valuation. How we read the register

Refused. Only the applicant can appeal, within the statutory time limit, and a revised scheme can be submitted instead.

Proposal

Change of use from office (Use Class E) to residential (Use Class C3) to provide 9no. flats under Schedule 2, Part 3, Class MA of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (as amended) and associated works

As published by the council, reference 23/00236/GPDO

Application record

Reference
23/00236/GPDO
Type
Prior Appvl - Class E to (dwellings) C3
Status
Decided
Decision
Refused As published: (Approval) refused
Received
19 Jan 2023
Validated
19 Jan 2023
Decided
16 Mar 2023
Ward
Fairfield
Decision by
Delegated Business Meeting
Postcode
CR0 1YD

Site history

Applications at this address on the Croydon register

This site has had 3 applications since 2019: 0 approved, 3 refused.

  • 21/02182/FUL Refused

    Saffron House 15 Park Street Croydon CR0 1YD

    Conversion of offices (Class E(c)) to 9 x flats with communal lounge and gym, and alterations

    Decided 22 Jul 2021 Full applications
  • 19/05788/FUL Refused

    Saffron House 15 Park Street Croydon CR0 1YD

    Alterations, erection of two additional storeys facing onto Park Street and one additional storey facing onto George Street with link walkway to accommodate office space

    Decided 20 Nov 2020 Full applications

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 19 Jan 2023

    Received by Croydon

  2. 16 Mar 2023

    Decision issued: (Approval) refused

  3. 25 Jul 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

Documents

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

16 documents on file for this application

  • REFUSED (ETOC3) - GPDO - DEC NOTICE Decision Notice(s) · 16 Mar 2023
  • OFFICER REPORT WEB - FINAL Officers Report Final · 16 Mar 2023
  • CHARACTER/APPEARANCE CONSERVATION AREA Site Notices · 07 Feb 2023
  • APPLICATION FORM REDACTED Application Form · 19 Jan 2023
  • DAYLIGHT AND SUNLIGHT STUDY (WITHIN) DEVELOPMENT Report · 19 Jan 2023
  • PROPOSED PLANS Drawing · 19 Jan 2023
  • PROPOSED PLANS AND SITE PLAN Drawing · 19 Jan 2023
  • EXISTING PLANS AND LOCATION PLAN Drawing · 19 Jan 2023
  • EXISTING PLANS AND SITE PLAN Drawing · 19 Jan 2023
  • EXISTING ELEVATIONS Drawing · 19 Jan 2023
  • EXISTING ELEVATIONS AND SECTIONS BB AND CC Drawing · 19 Jan 2023
  • PROPOSED ELEVATIONS Drawing · 19 Jan 2023
  • PROPOSED ELEVATIONS AND SECTIONS BB AND CC Drawing · 19 Jan 2023
  • FLOOD RISK ASSESSMENT MAP Statements / Assessments · 19 Jan 2023
  • MARKETING DETAILS 1 Other · 19 Jan 2023
  • MARKETING DETAILS 2 Other · 19 Jan 2023

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What this refusal means

Croydon refused this application for the reasons on the decision notice; only the applicant can appeal, and refused schemes often return in revised form. More in our guide to what happens after a planning decision.

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    Refused Full applications New dwelling 18 docs
  • Saffron House 15 Park Street Croydon CR0 1YD

    19/05788/FUL Submitted 9 Dec 2019 50 yards away

    Alterations, erection of two additional storeys facing onto Park Street and one additional storey facing onto George Street with link walkway to accommodate office space

    Refused Full applications 14 docs
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