Planning Application No. 24/01876/FUL

The Hartley and District Residents’ Association (HADRA) advises you that a planning application has been submitted to Croydon Council, proposing to considerably extend a three bedroom detached house to provide seven flats to accommodate 19 people.

Details of this planning application and can be seen on Croydon Council’s Public Access Register https://publicaccess3.croydon.gov.uk/online-applications/ where you can view the documents submitted. You can make online objections or comments on this application by clicking on “make a public comment.” Alternatively you can send written objections to:-

Head of Development Management,
Croydon Council,
6th Floor,
Bernard Weatherill House,
8 Mint Walk,
Croydon CR0 1EA

or by email to dmcomments@croydon.gov.uk.

This should be done before the neighbour consultation expiry date of 23rd August 2024; however the case officer will consider comments before the determination deadline which is currently 5th September 2024.

Although this is outside the HADRA area you may wish to ask KENDRA to support residents in objecting to this latest planning application and refer it to the Planning Committee where residents can voice their objections before a decision is made. Residents could also request our Local Councillors Olade Kolade and Gayle Gander to also refer it to the Planning Committee and request the support of our local MP Chris Philp.

HADRA will be making the following representations. You may use these points as the basis for your own comments, but we suggest that you adapt them to your particular circumstances or put them into your own words.

  1. An overdevelopment of a small and constrained site which will require extensive excavation at the front of the site to provide parking which is out of character for the area.
  2. No cross-sections have been produced across the site through the extended house. It is suspected that the windows of the bedroom to Flat 1will have inadequate daylight. A bedroom to flat 2 has no window and therefore no daylight.
  3. The living room of Flat 7 has no outlook as only Velux windows are proposed.
  4. The second floor bedroom windows will overlook the neighbouring gardens.
  5. It will be a cramped development for 7 flats with no three bedroom family flats being proposed.
  6. There is already a surplus of one and two bedroom flats in the area which are unoccupied as the need is for family accommodation consisting of three or more bedrooms properties in this area.
  7. Parking for four cars at the front of the house would require extensive excavation and removal of the stone flint boundary wall which is a characteristic of adjacent houses.
  8. The proposed bin and cycle store would have to be accessed from the public footpath.
  9. The tree survey show 12 trees to be removed but no landscaping plans have been produced to show replacement planting or amenity and play areas for the future inhabitants.
  10. Details of boundary treatment and retaining walls are missing.
  11. No Sustainable Drainage System Design (SUDs) has been submitted.
  12. No Energy and Sustainability Statement submitted, and failure to consider:-rainwater harvesting to water the garden, solar panels and details of heating the flats bearing in mind that the government want to phase out gas boilers.
  13. Construction Logistics Plan should demonstrate how the development will be constructed in such a confined site, unloading and storage of materials, wheel washing bay, site office etc.
  14. Cumulative impact on an area where no extra infrastructure has been provided for extra population (e.g. schools, medical and community facilities, road and drainage improvements). CIL money is not being spent in this area and existing facilities like the Purley swimming pool are not being maintained.

Note

The following are valid planning reasons for objecting to planning applications:

  • Conflict with planning policies • Loss of light or overshadowing
  • Overlooking or loss of privacy • Loss of trees
  • Layout and density of buildings • Noise, smells and disturbance from use
  • Traffic generation, highway safety or adequacy of parking
  • Visual appearance (e.g. design, appearance, materials)
  • Effect on listed buildings or conservation areas