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507 approved · 97 refused · 13 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
43 The Ridge Purley CR8 3PF
Received 20 Jan 202653 Oxford Road Carshalton SM5 3QZ
Received 27 Jan 2026141 Church Hill Road North Cheam SM3 8NE
Received 30 Jan 2026Westcroft Farm House Westcroft Road Carshalton SM5 2TG
Received 30 Jan 202621 Morton Gardens Wallington SM6 8EU
Received 30 Jan 2026Land Outside 3 Railway Bridge High Street Sutton SM1 1JA
Received 30 Jan 2026Land Outside 3 Railway Bridge High Street Sutton SM1 1JA
Received 30 Jan 2026Land Outside 232 High Street Sutton SM1 1NT
Received 30 Jan 2026Land Outside 232 High Street Sutton SM1 1NT
Received 30 Jan 2026Land Adjacent To Primark St Nicholas Way Sutton SM1 1AY
Received 30 Jan 2026Land Adjacent To Primark St Nicholas Way Sutton SM1 1AY
Received 30 Jan 2026Land Outside 515 London Road Worcester Park SM3 8JR
Received 30 Jan 2026Land Outside 515 London Road Worcester Park SM3 8JR
Received 30 Jan 2026Land Outside 142 Stafford Road Wallington SM6 9BS
Received 30 Jan 2026Land Outside 142 Stafford Road Wallington SM6 9BS
Received 30 Jan 202616 The Broadway Beddington CR0 4QR
Received 30 Jan 2026Land At 16 The Broadway Beddington CR0 4QR
Received 30 Jan 2026Land At 33 High Street Carshalton SM5 3BA
Received 30 Jan 2026Land At 33 High Street Carshalton SM5 3BA
Received 30 Jan 2026Outside Boots Chemist High Street Sutton SM1 1JG
Received 30 Jan 2026Outside Boots Chemist High Street Sutton SM1 1JG
Received 30 Jan 2026Land Outside 78 - 82 High Street Sutton SM1 1EZ
Received 30 Jan 2026Land Outside 78 - 82 High Street Sutton SM1 1EZ
Received 30 Jan 2026Unit A, 98-102 High Street Sutton SM1 1LT
Received 30 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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Understand planning approval rates with an interactive calculator, worked examples and comparison table. Check sample sizes, outcomes and coverage before comparing.
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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