Understanding planning · 13 min read
Planning application documents: what to read first
Understand planning application documents, officer reports and decision notices. Use a reading checklist, document table and worked example to inspect a case.
England · Local authority
Explore collected planning applications and decisions for London Borough of Sutton. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
507 approved · 97 refused · 13 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 20 Dec 2024 to 21 Sept 2026. Most recent record check: 28 Sept 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Explore published planning boundaries and follow their source records for designation details. Coverage varies: an empty map does not mean there are no restrictions. Check the council’s current maps and documents before relying on a boundary.
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Data downloaded 14 Sept 2026. Display boundaries are simplified and indicative. Map record counts are not a complete count of designations or directions.
Sources: Planning Data conservation areas and Article 4 direction areas. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Sutton Business Park Restmor Way Hackbridge SM6 7AH
Received 20 Dec 2024Quadrant House The Quadrant Sutton SM2 5AS
Received 21 Feb 20251 Hackbridge Road Hackbridge SM6 7AY
Received 11 Mar 2025Garages To The Rear Of Sandringham Court And Buckingham Court Dorset Road Belmont SM2 6NG
Received 18 Mar 2025London Cancer Hub Cotswold Road Sutton SM2 5NF
Received 17 Apr 2025174 Sutton Common Road Sutton SM1 3JQ
Received 6 May 2025City House Sutton Park Road Sutton SM1 2AE
Received 6 May 2025469 And 469A Gander Green Lane North Cheam SM3 9RA
Received 2 Jun 202515 The Market Wrythe Lane Carshalton SM5 1AG
Received 25 Jun 2025Oaks Park High School Damson Way Carshalton SM5 4NS
Received 2 Jul 2025Bowls Pavilion Sutton Common Road Recreation Ground Sutton Common Road Sutton
Received 10 Jul 2025Plots 9 & 10 112 Beddington Lane Croydon CR0 4TD
Received 23 Jul 2025532 London Road North Cheam SM3 8HW
Received 12 Sept 2025Land Rear Of 35-39 Park Hill (Would Be Known As 1-3 Hale Gardens) Carshalton SM5 3SD
Received 7 Oct 20251 Link Lane Wallington SM6 9EA
Received 9 Oct 202515 Surrey Grove Sutton SM1 3PW
Received 20 Oct 20258 Parkview Close Carshalton SM5 3JZ
Received 28 Oct 2025Helena House 348 - 352 High Street Sutton SM1 1PX
Received 6 Nov 20251-24 Jengar Close Sutton SM1 4DX
Received 3 Dec 2025Overhill Woodmansterne Lane Wallington SM6 0SU
Received 17 Dec 2025Ambulance Station Dorset Road Belmont SM2 6JH
Received 22 Dec 2025St Anthony Glenthorne Gardens Sutton SM3 9NL
Received 12 Jan 20267 Staplehurst Road Carshalton SM5 3JU
Received 13 Jan 20265 Gainsborough Terrace Manor Road Cheam SM2 7AE
Received 15 Jan 2026Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
View all applicationsStart with the address or application reference. Open a record to read the proposal, dates and available documents, then check the official register for the latest plans and consultation details. If nothing appears, check coverage before treating the result as a complete planning history.
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These figures describe applications collected by PlanningTrack for London Borough of Sutton, across all dates currently available. They are a partial dataset, rather than an authority-wide performance measure. The date range does not establish continuous historical coverage.
The approval percentage is approved records divided by approved plus refused records. Pending, withdrawn and unknown outcomes are excluded. No percentage is shown until there is an approved or refused record.
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