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DM2025/01482 - Full Application Refused

Proposal

Change of Use from Class C4 (6-bedroom HMO) to Class Sui Generis (10-bedroom HMO) and provision of refuse and cycle stores. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

✓
Received
1 Dec 2025
✗
Refused
26 Jan 2026
Appeal
Not lodged

Refused on 26 Jan 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 3 Oct 2026

Documents 32

All documents on the council site ↗

Site constraints 3

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 ↗
Local nature reserve 297 m away: Anton Crescent Wetland
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.
Also on the record
Inside the Sutton (Sutton) built-up area.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No listed building at the site

Checked on 3 October 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.

Sales history 1

Last sold for £445,000 in October 2024. Semi-detached house, freehold.

16 October 2024£445,000Recorded as a transfer outside a standard sale

Sale prices from HM Land Registry's price paid record, matched to this application by its address.

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Important details

Council
Sutton
Application type
Full Application
Postcode
SM1 1RD
Received
1 Dec 2025
Validated
1 Dec 2025
Ward
Sutton North
Case officer
Show
Target decision
26 Jan 2026
Decision
Application Refused
Decision date
26 Jan 2026
Decision level
Delegated Decision
Applicant
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Freehold owner
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How this decision compares

Decided in 56 days from validation, about the council's usual 56 days. Refused, as 34% of full applications here are.

67%decided within 8 weeks
66%approved
131decided in the last year

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

Public comments

16comments received
16 objecting

100% object · above the UK average of 75%

Last counted 3 Oct 2026

Read the comments on the council site ↗

Consultation & key dates

Comments by
31 Dec 2025
Statutory expiry
26 Jan 2026
Env. assessment
No
Sutton
Planning Authority Score
8.2/10
Excellent
#23 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Change of use

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

Sale prices: Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Freehold boundary: © Crown copyright and database rights 2026, HM Land Registry. Polygons © Crown copyright and database rights 2026 Ordnance Survey 100026316. Conditions of use

Freehold owner: Information produced by HM Land Registry. © Crown copyright 2026. Source: HM Land Registry, UK and overseas companies that own property in England and Wales, September 2026 release.