Planning appeal decision
Land Adjoining 1-17 Wedgewood Way, Beulah Hill , Upper Norwood, SW19 3ES
Planning appeal 3369946 at Land Adjoining 1-17 Wedgewood Way, Beulah Hill , Upper Norwood, SW19 3ES (London Borough of Croydon) was dismissed on 4 February 2026 by Inspector Barnes S, by written representations.
To erect 1 x detached dwelling
- Authority
- London Borough of Croydon
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Minor Dwellings
- Inspector
- Barnes S
- Postcode
- SW19 3ES
What decided it
The Council's unreasonable reliance on ecology concerns unsupported by analysis of the actual proposal caused unnecessary expense, justifying a partial costs award limited to ecology-related submissions.
The decision letter
Town Planner Pro holds this letter. The Appeals plan opens it and every other letter we hold, all of them searchable, with the main issues and what decided each case picked out. We do not show letters on the free site because they carry people’s names and addresses.
With an account
What an account adds to this decision


More decisions in London Borough of Croydon
The authority’s record since 2016 · every decision in 2026
- Dismissed28 October 2026601575120 Newark Road, South Croydon, CR2 6HQ
- Dismissed26 October 2026601457458 Kingswood Way, South Croydon, CR2 8QQ
- Dismissed26 October 202660131107 Quadrant Road, Thornton Heath, Croydon, CR7 7DB
- Dismissed22 October 2026601430177-81, North End, Croydon, CR0 1TJ
- Dismissed22 October 202660096413 The Spinney, Off Warren Road, Purley, CR8 1AB
The main issues, what decided it, the planning balance and the policies and judgments listed as cited are read from the published letter by Town Planner Pro and are our summary, not the Inspector’s words; the letter itself is the record. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Research, not advice.
®