Croydon Local Plan and Planning Appeals Shape Developments in Addiscombe

A Planning Inspector refused an appeal by developers Butlers Walsall Ltd to demolish the Glamorgan pub in Addiscombe and build a seven-storey block of flats, with the dismissal issued in February 2026. In the same month the Croydon Local Plan, which sets a long-term development vision up to 2040 and aims to deliver 32,880 new homes with 30% affordable housing, received approval from the planning inspector. A final adoption decision on the plan is expected in February 2026.

April 2026 committee outcomes for local sites

In the April 2026 Planning Committee meeting, permission was granted for a major expansion of Trinity School in Addiscombe to facilitate co-education. At the same meeting a housing development at 13 Harewood Road was refused due to overdevelopment concerns. These rulings apply the three policy frameworks that planning officers in Croydon must use: the National Planning Policy Framework, the London Plan, and the Croydon Local Plan.

Most planning applications in Croydon are decided within 8 weeks for minor developments and 13 weeks for major projects, although complex cases that require committee decisions take longer. Residents in Addiscombe therefore see outcomes for individual sites such as the Glamorgan pub and 13 Harewood Road emerge through this timetable.

Implications for Croydon residents

The Local Plan's target of 32,880 new homes with 30% affordable housing sets the scale of future building across the borough. Refusal of the seven-storey block at the Glamorgan pub site keeps the existing pub building in place for now. Approval of the Trinity School expansion allows additional facilities for co-education at that Addiscombe location. Refusal at 13 Harewood Road prevents the proposed housing scheme on that street.

Planning officers continue to assess new applications against the three policy frameworks while the Croydon Local Plan moves toward formal adoption. Residents can track how these frameworks guide decisions on sites in their neighbourhood through the published weekly planning decisions and committee records.