202 Foresters Drive Wallington SM6 9LE Data via plota.co.uk

DM2026/00983 - Full Application Pending Consideration

Proposal

Retention and completion of the Change of use from Use Class C3 (residential) to Use Class C4 (small HMO) to provide 6 rooms involving conversion of the garage into habitable rooms, alteration to the existing single storey flank roof detail/presentation including the installation of a rooflight, alterations to the ground floor front, rear and flank fenestrations, provision of a detached cycle store to rear and a refuse/recycling storage area to the front. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

Received
18 Aug 2026
Decision
Expected by 13 Oct 2026

This application is under consideration - no decision has been issued yet. Plota predicts a decision around 13 Oct 2026, from Sutton's recent changes of use. Comments are open until 23 Sept 2026.

Comment on this application ↗

Site constraints 7

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 ↗
Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 2
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
Local nature reserve 278 m away: Roundshaw Downs
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; Priority habitat 31 m away: Deciduous woodland; Metropolitan Open Land 36 m away; Open access land 36 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 · Not green belt · No listed building 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
Full Application
Postcode
SM6 9LE
Received
18 Aug 2026
Validated
18 Aug 2026
Ward
South Beddington & Roundshaw
Target decision
13 Oct 2026
Applicant
Show
Agent
T Joseph Associates Limited

Decision outlook

Day 27 of the 56-day target. Sutton usually decides changes of use by day 56.

Day 2729 days to the 56-day target
64%decided within 8 weeks
71%approved
45decided in the last year

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

Public comments

20comments received
20 objecting

100% object · above the UK average of 75%

Last counted 10 Sept 2026

Read the comments on the council site ↗

Consultation & key dates

Comments by
23 Sept 2026
Statutory expiry
13 Oct 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