The Barn Festival Walk Carshalton SM5 3NY Data via plota.co.uk

DM2026/00479 - Certificate of Proposed Use Refused

Proposal

Provision of ramped access to all external ground floor doors, hardstanding driveway area between the dwelling and garage and garage area site boundaries, installation of an air source heat pump to garden area to the flank of the garage, solar panels to the garage roof, replacement of a solar panel to the main dwelling front roofslope and replacement of existing boundary treatment and access gate to flank of garage. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

Received
15 Apr 2026
Validated
21 May 2026
Refused
16 Jul 2026
Appeal
Not lodged

Refused on 16 Jul 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 19 Jul 2026

Site constraints 10

Grade II* listed: The Old Rectory, Carshalton
List entry 1183473 · 16 m from the pin · 22 more listed buildings within 150 m (1 Grade II*, 21 Grade II)
Listed building consent is needed for work that affects the special interest of a listed building, inside or out, on top of planning permission. Setting can be a consideration for buildings nearby; there is no fixed radius.
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Historic England ↗
COA00000290 conservation area
Demolition needs planning permission and permitted development is restricted.
The council must give weight to preserving or enhancing the area's character and appearance. Not every council has published its boundaries as open data.
Designated open space
Borough-designated open space.
Loss of protected open space is resisted unless it is replaced by space of equal or better quality nearby.
Local nature reserve 52 m away: Sutton Ecology Centre Grounds
Work nearby can need a habitats assessment.
Harm to a protected site is only accepted where there is no alternative and an overriding public interest.
Archaeological priority area
An assessment or field evaluation may be asked for before ground works.
The council or Historic England considers archaeology likely here. A desk-based assessment, and sometimes trial trenching, can be asked for with the application.
Air quality management area: Sutton AQMA
The council has declared the area as failing an air quality objective.
Schemes that add traffic, parking or combustion plant are assessed against the area's action plan and may need an air quality assessment.
Council record ↗
Registered park or garden 61 m away: Carshalton House (St Philomena's School)
Its setting is a consideration for work nearby.
Registered parks and gardens, battlefields, world heritage sites and protected wrecks are designated heritage assets: harm needs clear and convincing justification.
Historic England ↗
Also on the record
Priority habitat 3 m away: Deciduous woodland; Inside the Sutton (Sutton) built-up area; Metropolitan Open Land 74 m away.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 11 September 2026. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England and council datasets, Open Government Licence. A boundary can run through a site and the council holds the definitive record: confirm with the council before relying on this.

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Important details

Council
Sutton
Application type
Certificate of Proposed Use
Postcode
SM5 3NY
Received
15 Apr 2026
Validated
21 May 2026
Ward
Carshalton Central
Case officer
Show
Decision
Application Refused
Decision date
16 Jul 2026
Decision level
Delegated Decision
Applicant
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How this decision compares

Decided in 56 days from validation, about the council's usual 55 days. Refused, as 14% of extensions here are.

91%decided within 8 weeks
86%approved
535decided in the last year

Plota live figures for extensions decided by Sutton in the last twelve months, from validation. Sutton decision record →

Consultation & key dates

Env. assessment
No
Sutton
Planning Authority Score
8.2/10
Excellent
#23 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Householder decisions

Sutton is one of the fastest councils in England for householder decisions, ranking #14 out of 296. Only 13% of applications have the time limit extended, well below the 41% national average - the council usually decides on time. Householder applications are slightly more likely to be approved here (93%) than the national average (90%).

Among the fastest councils in England
for householder decisions
These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application. View full council performance
Sutton decision statistics
Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026
90%
Overall approval rate
Above avg (87%) #118 of 296
93%
Householder approved
Above avg (90%) #138 of 296
91%
Decided in 8 weeks
Above avg (63%) #14 of 296
13%
Extended time limit
Below avg (41%) #8 of 296
71%
Minor dwellings approved
85 decided (1-9 homes)
89%
Major dwellings approved
9 decided (10+ homes)
81%
Change of use approved
26 decided
891
Total decisions
93 refused in the year to March 2026