®Planning appeal decision
35 Whitehorse Road, Croydon, CR0 2JG
Planning appeal 3366551 at 35 Whitehorse Road, Croydon, CR0 2JG (London Borough of Croydon) was dismissed on 18 August 2025 by Inspector Housden C, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: whether the proposal would provide adequate living conditions for the future occupiers of the proposed flat, with specific regard to private amenity space.
Erection of a part 3, part 4 storey building with a replacement public house on the ground floor and 17 HMO rooms with kitchens and en-suites, and a proposed 3 bedroom flat with cycle and bin store.
- Authority
- London Borough of Croydon
- Appeal type
- major · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Other minor developments
- Inspector
- Housden C
- Postcode
- CR0 2JG
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- whether the proposal would provide adequate living conditions for the future occupiers of the proposed flat, with specific regard to private amenity space
- whether the proposal would ensure adequate living conditions for the future occupiers of the residential component of the development, with specific regard to privacy
- whether the proposal would provide adequate cycle storage facilities
- whether the proposal would provide adequate refuse storage facilities
What decided it
The cumulative effect of significant harm to living conditions (privacy), considerable harm to cycle storage adequacy, and considerable harm to refuse storage adequacy, which together outweighed the moderate benefits of housing supply, economic benefits, and brownfield land reuse.
The benefits of housing delivery and economic activity on brownfield land were outweighed by the substantial harm to living conditions, cycle storage, and refuse storage provisions.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy SP2 of the Croydon Local Plan (2018)Policy DM10 of the Croydon Local Plan (2018)Policy D6 of the London Plan (2021)Policy T5 of the London Plan (2021)Policy DM13 of the Croydon Local Plan (2018)
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 57Paragraph 56Paragraph 125c
How the Inspector dealt with each one is set out in the app, in order: the development plan, national policy, housing land supply, other considerations and the planning balance, beside the letter.
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