Information Team Croydon
Digital Services
Assistant Chief Executive Directorate
Bernard Wetherill House
7th Floor, Zone B
Croydon
CR0 1EA

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DEAR Andrew White

 

Freedom of information request - FOI/7625

 

Subject: 28 Grasmere Road [19/02898/DISC & 20/02911/CONR]

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Croydon Digital Services

Assistant Chief Executive Directorate

 

7th Floor, Zone B

Bernard Weatherill House

8 Mint Walk

Croydon CR0 1EA

Information Team Croydon
Digital Services
Assistant Chief Executive Directorate
Bernard Wetherill House
7th Floor, Zone B
Croydon
CR0 1EA

Contact: Information Team
[Croydon Borough Council request email]

 

Dear Andrew White

Request FOI/7625

Further to your request received on 26/05/2023, I confirm that the Council
has now considered your request under the Environmental Information
Regulations Act 2004. For ease of reference, I will now address each of
your questions in turn.

 

Under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 , can you provide me with the
following information:

 - Status of the planning applications 19/02898/DISC & 20/02911/CONR  and
any updates since 5th Jul 2022 to date:

Note: 19/02898/DISC.   Condition 4 (Landscaping) and 5 (Sustainable
Drainage System) planning conditions still to be discharged.

A decision was taken on this application pursuant to conditions on the
27.02.2020.

The information being requested is exempt from disclosure under Regulation
6(1)(b) of the Regulations on the basis that it is already available and
accessible to you as it is already in the public domain.  

This decision and associated officer report can be viewed online by
entering the application number at the following link:

[1]Simple Search (croydon.gov.uk)

Instructions on how to search the register are attached.
 

Note: 20/02911/CONR which is a 'full' retrospective planning application
is still to be determined.

As set out on the Council’s website this planning application has not yet
been determined and the decision is pending.

 

- Current status of planning enforcement case file 19/00743/NBI, and any
updates since 5 Jul 2022 to date.

The planning enforcement file remains open and there is an ongoing
investigation.

Note: I gather that no formal enforcement action has been taken by the
LBCC in regards to the enforcement complaint (above). These applications
have been pending for quite some time and I  have received no substantive
response or acknowledgement from LBCC since 5th Jul 2022 to myself
directly via email, telephone or letter.

 

- Any imminent proposals of how to move forward with either an enforcement
or determination of the mentioned applications.

Planning Application 20/02911/CONR remains a live planning application and
has not yet been determined. We also have an open enforcement
investigation in relation to this site.  Planning officers have been
working closely with the Enforcement officers to progress both the
application and the enforcement investigation. We have been seeking to
work through matters with the applicant, however we have been struggling
to make progress as they are not engaging with the process. As a result,
officers have made further site visits to gain further access to the
building so that we have a comprehensive understanding of the development
which has been implemented on site.

We are now in the final stages of gathering all the available information
to enable us to bring application 20/02911/CONR to a decision, we are
reviewing this application alongside officers within the enforcement team
to assess what options are available to us and whether it would be
appropriate to use formal enforcement powers. As with all decisions taken
by the Local Planning Authority when the planning application is
determined the decision alongside an officer report will be available
which will provide details of the work undertaken by the Local Planning
Authority and assessment of the proposal.

 

The Council publishes Access to Information requests and responses on its
online Disclosure Log. (Any request included within this log will be
anonymised appropriately)

To view the Council’s Disclosure Log, please visit our website available
here:

[2]The Freedom of Information (FOI) Act | Croydon Council
(disclosure-log.co.uk)

 

If you are dissatisfied with the way the Council has handled your request
under the Environmental Information Regulations Act, you may ask for an
internal review. This should be submitted to us within 40 working days of
this response. You can do this by outlining the details of your complaint
by:

 

Email:        [3][Croydon Borough Council request email]

 

Writing:     Information Team

London Borough of Croydon

Bernard Weatherill House

Floor 7 - Zone B

8 Mint Walk

Croydon, CR0 1EA

 

Any requests received after the 40 working day time limit will be
considered only at the discretion of the council.

 

If you are not content with the outcome of the internal review, you have
the right to apply directly to the Information Commissioner for a
decision. The Information Commissioner can be contacted at:

 

Information Commissioner’s Office

Wycliffe House

Water Lane

Wilmslow

Cheshire, SK9 5AF

 

Yours sincerely,

 

Information Team

Croydon Digital Services

Assistant Chief Executive Directorate

Bernard Wetherill House,

Mint Walk,

Croydon,

CR0 1EA

 

 

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