Ward · London Borough of Croydon
Crystal Palace And Upper Norwood.
Crystal Palace And Upper Norwood sees an approval rate of 72% — 5 points above the Croydon average across 1,020 substantive planning decisions, with a refusal rate of 28.0%.[1]
Croydon1,020 applications
Postcodes (centres) shaded by approval rate · click one to open it
ShowingAll years · subscriber →across all years on record — a period re-scopes the headline figures and the trend
1,020
Applications 2013–26
Decided applications
72%
Approval rate
5pp above borough avg (68%)
28.0%
Refusal rate
16th highest of 28
8.7
Avg decision time
Wks · borough avg 9.2
Data from publicly available Croydon planning records and committee minutes, 2013–26.
Ward overview
Crystal Palace And Upper Norwood recorded 1,020 substantive planning decisions over 2013–26, approving 72% of them — 5 percentage points above the Croydon borough average of 68%. Its refusal rate of 28.0% is 16th highest of 28.
Application and refusal breakdown— subscriber data
Residential extension / alteration
New residential
Change of use
Commercial development
Recent planning decisions— subscriber data
Committee members for this ward
Councillor
Party
Role
Interventions
Success rate
Cllr Mark Williams
Labour
Planning committee
23
47%
Cllr Emma Torres
Labour
Ward member
6
33%
Cllr Mark Williams
Labour
Planning committee
23
47%
Cllr Emma Torres
Labour
Ward member
6
33%
Interventions: formal calls to bring an application before committee. Success rate: percentage where the committee sided with the councillor against officer recommendation.
Who decides here
At a glance[1]
WardCrystal Palace And Upper Norwood
CouncilCroydon
Applications1,020 (2013–26)
Approval rate72%
Refusal rate28.0%
Decision time8.7 wks avg
Ward members2 (both Labour)
Planning constraints[2]
Conservation areas2
Article 4 directions2
Listed buildings17
TPO trees43
Flood zoneZone 1 (low)
Sources & method
- [1]Ward approval and refusal rates, application counts and decision-time figures — London Borough of Croydon planning register and published decision notices, 2013–26. · methodology
- [2]Conservation areas, Article 4 directions and heritage designations — the borough’s adopted Local Plan and conservation-area appraisals.
- [3]Committee interventions and councillor records — public planning committee minutes and published decision notices.
- [4]Application-type mix and refusal grounds — case-officer reports coded against the adopted Local Plan, London Plan and NPPF.
Methodology is published in full so every number is traceable to its primary source.