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26/00820/FUL - Full Application Approved

Proposal

Erection of 4 No. residential dwellings and associated works. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received

17 Apr 2026

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Validated

7 May 2026

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Consultation

14 May 2026

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Approved

16 Jul 2026

Approved on 16 Jul 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 28 Jul 2026

Documents 10

Associated applications 2

FullApproved16 Jul 202626/00820/FULThis application
Erection of 4 No. residential dwellings and associated works.
Conditions 12 discharged
- ConditionsDetails required for Condition 12 (Construction Method Statement)13 Aug 202626/01776/CLC

Site constraints 6

Green belt: London

Inappropriate development needs very special circumstances.

Green belt policy allows a short list of exceptions, such as limited extensions and replacement buildings. Anything else needs very special circumstances that clearly outweigh the harm. Some green belt land can count as grey belt, where it does not strongly serve the green belt's purposes. The council decides this in its green belt assessment or on each application, so we do not mark it here.

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Agricultural land, grade 3b

Not best and most versatile land (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Source: the Predictive Agricultural Land Classification Map (Defra and Natural England, 2025; the Welsh Government's Predictive ALC Map 2 in Wales), a model rather than a site survey. Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s) agrees.

Where development of farmland is needed, policy prefers poorer land over the best and most versatile (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Three sources: Natural England's post-1988 field surveys, which are definitive where they exist; the Defra predictive map for England (2025) and the Welsh Government predictive map, modelled from the soil map with 3a and 3b split; and the 1970s provisional map, which planners and other services still show, coarser and with grade 3 undivided. Where the provisional and predicted grades disagree, treat the predicted grade as the current estimate and expect an application to carry its own survey.

Air quality management area: Kingston upon Thames 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.

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Habitat network: Network Expansion Zone

Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.

Also on the record

Public transport access: PTAL 1a (very poor), TfL 2023, for the 100 m square; Open access land 26 m away: Access Land - Combined Open Country, Registered Common Land and Section 16 Dedicated Land. MoD Byelaw, Section 28 Exclusions, Racecourses and Aerodromes and ECP Margin have been removed..

Not affected

Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · No listed building at the site · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 6 October 2026. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England, Transport for London (public transport access levels, Powered by TfL Open Data, OGL v3.0, contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2025) 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: Kingston upon Thames
Application type: Full Application
Received: 17 Apr 2026
Validated: 7 May 2026
Ward: Chessington South & Malden Rushett
Parish: South Of The Borough
Case officer: Show
Target decision: 2 Jul 2026
Decision: Application Granted
Decision date: 16 Jul 2026
Decision level: Delegated Decision
Applicant: Show
Agent: Chris Beaver

How this decision compares

Decided in 70 days from validation, 14 days slower than Kingston upon Thames's median of 56 for new homes. Approved, as 66% of new homes here are.

This one70d

Council56d

UK59d

65%decided within 8 weeks

66%approved

130decided in the last year

Plota live figures for new homes decided by Kingston upon Thames in the last twelve months, from validation. Kingston upon Thames decision record →

Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference: PP-14844635
Planning Portal ref: PP-14844635
Neighbours: 12 May 2026
Consultation: 14 May 2026
Comments by: 5 Jun 2026
Statutory expiry: 2 Jul 2026
Env. assessment: No

Kingston upon Thames

Planning Authority Score

6.5/10

Good

#76 of 296 councils

Relevant to this application:

Householder decisions

Kingston upon Thames is faster than most councils at deciding householder applications, ranking #33 out of 296. Only 20% of applications have the time limit extended, well below the 41% national average - the council usually decides on time. Kingston upon Thames is also one of the strictest councils - it refuses more householder applications than almost any other, with only 82% approved vs 90% nationally.

One of the strictest councils

only 82% approved vs 90% nationally

These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application. View full council performance

Kingston upon Thames decision statistics

Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026

75%

Overall approval rate

Below avg (87%) #288 of 296

82%

Householder approved

Below avg (90%) #266 of 296

81%

Decided in 8 weeks

Above avg (63%) #33 of 296

20%

Extended time limit

Below avg (41%) #18 of 296

44%

Minor dwellings approved

124 decided (1-9 homes)

60%

Major dwellings approved

10 decided (10+ homes)

42%

Change of use approved

26 decided

1,112

Total decisions

274 refused in the year to March 2026

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Proposal

Application progress

Documents 10

Decision & officer reports 1

Statements & assessments 1

Plans & drawings 7

Application forms 1

Associated applications 2

Site constraints 6

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