Planning application
249 - 253 London Road Croydon CR0 2RL
Works: Demolition
Still open. Anyone can comment while the consultation period runs, and comments go to the council rather than to us.
Proposal
Demolition of the existing buildings and erection of a four storey building with basement to provide commercial floorspace at ground and basement level and 9 residential units on the ground and upper floors, with associated refuse storage, cycle parking, amenity space, landscaping and removal of one crossover onto Handcroft Road
As published by the council, reference 26/00882/FUL
Application record
- Reference
- 26/00882/FUL
- Type
- Full planning permission
- Status
- Awaiting decision
- Received
- 24 Mar 2026
- Validated
- 8 Apr 2026
- Ward
- Broad Green
- Postcode
- CR0 2RL
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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24 Mar 2026
Received by Croydon
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8 Apr 2026
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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25 Jul 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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Decision
Awaiting decision
Decision expected by 3 June 2026, 8 weeks from validation under the statutory target for most applications. Extensions of time are common and are agreed case by case.
Croydon took a median of 56 days over the applications it decided in the last year.
Who's behind it
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Centro Planning Consultancy Agent, a planning consultancy
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Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
31 documents on file for this application
- SITE NOTICE NEIGHBOUR NOTIFICATION
- PROPOSED SITE PLAN
- PROPOSED GROUND FLOOR PLAN
- PROPOSED FIRST FLOOR PLAN
- PROPOSED SECOND FLOOR PLAN
- PROPOSED THIRD FLOOR PLAN
- PROPOSED ROOF PLAN
- PROPOSED NE FRONT ELEVATION
- PROPOSED SW REAR ELEVATION
- PERSPECTIVE VIEWS
- 505 PERSPECTIVE VIEWS
- 506 PERSPECTIVE VIEWS
- APPLICATION FORM
- ADDITIONAL PLANS
- OUTLINE CONSTRUCTION LOGISTICS PLAN
- COVERING LETTER
- DAYLIGHT OR SUNLIGHT ASSESSMENT
- DAYLIGHT OR SUNLIGHT ASSESSMENT
- DESIGN AND ACCESS STATEMENT
- DESIGN AND ACCESS STATEMENT
- SUSTAINABILITY APPRAISAL
- FIRE STATEMENT
- FLOOD RISK ASSESSMENT
- LANDSCAPING DETAILS
- LANDSCAPING DETAILS
- NOISE IMPACT ASSESSMENT
- SUSTAINABILITY APPRAISAL
- PLANNING STATEMENT
- THE LOCATION PLAN
- STATEMENT OF COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT
- TRANSPORT ASSESSMENT
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Open the documentsWhat happens while it is decided
This application is with Croydon for determination, against a statutory target of eight weeks. Over the last year Croydon decided full applications in a median of 97 days. More in our guide to how long planning decisions take.
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