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Ward · London Borough of Croydon

Norbury And Pollards Hill.

Norbury And Pollards Hill sees an approval rate of 63% — 4 points below the Croydon average across 783 substantive planning decisions, with a refusal rate of 36.7%.[1]

Croydon783 applications
Postcodes (centres) shaded by approval rate · click one to open it
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All years · subscriber →across all years on record — a period re-scopes the headline figures and the trend
783
Applications 2013–26
Decided applications
63%
Approval rate
4pp below borough avg (68%)
36.7%
Refusal rate
8th 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

Norbury And Pollards Hill recorded 783 substantive planning decisions over 2013–26, approving 63% of them — 4 percentage points below the Croydon borough average of 68%. Its refusal rate of 36.7% is 8th highest of 28.

Application and refusal breakdown— subscriber data
Residential extension / alteration
New residential
Change of use
Commercial development
Recent planning decisions— subscriber data
Reference
Address
Type
Outcome
Date
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.

At a glance[1]
WardNorbury And Pollards Hill
CouncilCroydon
Applications783 (2013–26)
Approval rate63%
Refusal rate36.7%
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. [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. [2]Conservation areas, Article 4 directions and heritage designations — the borough’s adopted Local Plan and conservation-area appraisals.
  3. [3]Committee interventions and councillor records — public planning committee minutes and published decision notices.
  4. [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.