Planning application
Southern House Wellesley Grove Croydon CR0 1XG
Works: New dwelling
Still open. Anyone can comment while the consultation period runs, and comments go to the council rather than to us.
Proposal
Change of use from offices (Use Class E) to residential (Use Class C3) to create 281 self-contained flats under Schedule 2, Part 3, Class MA of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (as amended).
As published by the council, reference 26/02309/GPDO
Application record
- Reference
- 26/02309/GPDO
- Type
- Prior Appvl - Class E to (dwellings) C3
- Status
- Awaiting decision
- Received
- 13 Aug 2026
- Validated
- 13 Aug 2026
- Ward
- Fairfield
- Postcode
- CR0 1XG
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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13 Aug 2026
Received by Croydon
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6 Sep 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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Decision
Awaiting decision
Decision expected by 8 October 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.
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
94 documents on file for this application
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This application is with Croydon for determination, against a statutory target of eight weeks. Over the last year Croydon's median decision took 56 days. More in our guide to how long planning decisions take.
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