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Garden room planning permission in Croydon: what actually gets approved

Decided by Croydon between May 2026 and October 2026. Every figure here is a count of decisions on the council's own register — not a prediction about yours.

Garden rooms and outbuildings decided by Croydon

83%

of 35 decisions approved

Counting decisions that went one way or the other.

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83% of the 35 garden rooms and outbuildings Croydon decided between May 2026 and October 2026 were approved; half were decided within 56 days. Plan Forecast, 3 November 2026.

Time to decide: half were decided within 56 days, counted from the day the application was valid (or received, where the register gives no valid date) over the 35 decisions with both dates.

Recent decisions

Real decisions, newest first. Addresses are reduced to the street here; the council publishes them in full on its own register.

Stanford Road Norbury London

Approved

Erection of a single storey outbuilding at the front of the site

Decided 30 October 2026 26/01178/HSE

Wickham Road

Approved

Erection of an outbuilding with a small area of hardstanding adjacent to the front of the outbuilding to facilitate level access

Decided 29 October 2026 26/02479/HSE

Upper Selsdon Road South

Approved

Erection of single storey rear extension with pergola, garage conversion to habitable and erection of detached outbuilding with open veranda and raised platform in rear garden. Retrospective Application.

Decided 27 October 2026 26/00686/HSE

By ward in Croydon

Approval rates differ across a council. These are every ward we hold enough decisions for.

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Questions people ask

What percentage of garden rooms and outbuildings does Croydon approve?

83% were approved, over 35 decisions that went one way or the other. Croydon's figure across all types of work is drawn from 974 decisions.

How many garden rooms and outbuildings has Croydon decided?

35 that went one way or the other, from May 2026 to October 2026.

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