South Norwood is characterised by victorian terraces, concentrated across SE25 in the
South Norwood / Selhurst area. Across SE25 the victorian terraces repeats often enough to be predictable, once it has been measured properly. What that means for a SE25 address: victorian solid brickwork here drives the Part L strategy and the Part C damp detailing. On Croydon stock it changes the party wall position. The blocks around South Norwood Lake set the prevailing eaves and ridge lines, and Croydon Council officers reference that rhythm when assessing height and massing on a South Norwood street.
Croydon sets no special basement rule, so a South Norwood lower-ground scheme stands or falls on the engineering and the neighbours. If the SE25 job later needs architectural drawings for SE25 properties or planning permission, the existing drawings already carry the measurements.
What the South Norwood drawing pack contains
Everything a South Norwood submission needs is in the list below.
- construction floor plans for the South Norwood property
- sections at 1:50
- Part A structural notes
- Part L thermal build-ups
- Part B fire and escape strategy
Streets and landmarks we survey around South Norwood
- Woodside Green — terraced rear elevations — the Woodside Green party wall position is drawn first.
- Ashburton Park — shared flank walls, so Ashburton Park party structure notices go out before work starts.
- South Norwood Hill — roof profiles that set the ridge datum Croydon Council measures a South Norwood Hill dormer against.
- South Norwood Country Park — front-to-back level changes that drive the South Norwood Country Park section drawings.
- Selhurst Road — closet wings that change how a rear extension meets the Selhurst Road back addition.
- Gipsy Hill — gardens deep enough for the 8 weeks householder route on a Gipsy Hill plot.
- Beulah Hill — roof profiles that set the ridge datum Croydon Council measures a Beulah Hill dormer against.
- South Norwood Lake — proposals within its setting are drawn with the context elevation included.
- South Norwood Recreation Ground — it anchors the South Norwood streetscape argument in an officer report.
- Spurgeon's College — schemes in view of it attract closer officer scrutiny.
- Stanley Technical High School — proposals in its setting are drawn with the South Norwood context elevation.
- Thornton Heath — proposals in its setting are drawn with the South Norwood context elevation.
Getting to a South Norwood survey
Surveyors travel to SE25 addresses from the studio; the nearest stations are
Norwood Junction, West Croydon station, Jolly-sailor station, fire station. Appointments are booked in South Norwood on weekdays and Saturdays,
and the measured survey of a standard victorian terraces takes two to three hours.
Where South Norwood sits
South Norwood lies 7.8 miles (12.5 km) south-east of Charing Cross, on Ordnance Survey grid reference TQ340684. Getting that wrong is the commonest reason a South Norwood submission is returned. Source.
Practical detail for a South Norwood submission: access is via Norwood Junction and West Croydon station and Jolly-sailor station and fire station; addresses are written to LONDON; dialling code 020. Site plans are drawn to the address as Croydon Council holds it.
South Norwood postcode coverage
Coverage runs across SE25 (South Norwood / Selhurst), shared with Selhurst — and Croydon Council validates against the address, so the district line matters more than the street name.
Streets and stations in South Norwood
In South Norwood that is Woodside Green, Ashburton Park, South Norwood Hill, South Norwood Country Park, Selhurst Road, Gipsy Hill and Beulah Hill and the roads off them. most South Norwood sites are within walking distance of Norwood Junction or West Croydon station or Jolly-sailor station.
Areas we cover around South Norwood
Coverage from South Norwood extends to Bickley (BR1), Orpington (BR5, BR6), Petts Wood (BR5), West Wickham (BR4), Biggin Hill (TN16), Keston (BR2) and into Lambeth.
