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507 approved · 97 refused · 13 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Development Land At Corner Of Chalk Pit Way And Sutton Common Road Sutton Court Road Sutton
Received 29 Apr 2026R/O 83 St James' Road Sutton SM1 2TJ
Received 29 Apr 2026The Bungalow 197 Sandy Lane Cheam SM2 7EU
Received 29 Apr 2026Hinton Court 2 Hinton Road Wallington SM6 9AT
Received 29 Apr 202699A Sandy Lane South Wallington SM6 9NW
Received 30 Apr 202651 Ash Road Sutton SM3 9LA
Received 30 Apr 202684 And 86 High Street Sutton SM1 1EX
Received 30 Apr 202681 The Drive Wallington SM6 9ND
Received 30 Apr 202618 South Drive Cheam SM2 7PN
Received 30 Apr 2026Highfield 3 Golf Side Cheam SM2 7HA
Received 30 Apr 20268-25 Beech Tree Place And 29-35 West Street Sutton
Received 1 May 2026The Field Adjacent To Woodcote Park Avenue Forming Part Of The Land To The South Side Of Little Woodcote Lane
Received 1 May 2026219 Gander Green Lane Sutton SM1 2EZ
Received 1 May 202612 Wandle Court Gardens Beddington CR0 4SR
Received 1 May 202626 Woodstock Road Carshalton SM5 3DZ
Received 1 May 2026163 Reigate Avenue Sutton SM1 3JR
Received 5 May 202616 Longfield Avenue Hackbridge SM6 7BA
Received 5 May 202630A Egham Crescent North Cheam SM3 9AL
Received 5 May 202648 West Street Carshalton SM5 2PR
Received 5 May 202610 Ascot Mews Wallington SM6 9PQ
Received 5 May 2026152 Henley Avenue North Cheam SM3 9SA
Received 5 May 202634C High Street Carshalton SM5 3AG
Received 5 May 202633 Clarendon Road And 26 Elgin Road Wallington SM6 8QX
Received 5 May 2026Marian Court Robin Hood Lane Sutton SM1 2SB
Received 5 May 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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