Flats 5 and 6, The Old Sorting Office, 35 Station Road, Barmes, SW13 0LF Data via plota.co.uk

PA25/4232 - Full Application Approved

Proposal

Amalgamation of Flats 5 and 6 into a three-bedroom, single dwelling house. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
10 Dec 2025
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Consultation
19 Dec 2025
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Approved
16 Jun 2026

Approved on 16 Jun 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 7 Oct 2026

Documents

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Site constraints 14

Flood zone 3, rivers and sea
High chance: a 1 in 100 or greater annual chance from rivers, or 1 in 200 from the sea. Any development here needs a flood risk assessment. Defences are not counted.
The Environment Agency flood map for planning. Homes in zone 3 must also pass the sequential test. Surface water flooding is a separate map.
Flood map ↗
Barnes Green 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.
Council document ↗
National infrastructure project: Thames Tideway Tunnel
The site is inside the project boundary. Waste water treatment, decided. The project page says whether consent was granted.
Nationally significant infrastructure projects (power stations, electricity lines, pipelines, major roads and railways, harbours, airports and reservoirs) are consented by a Secretary of State under the Planning Act 2008, after an examination by the Planning Inspectorate, rather than by the council. The boundary is the one the Inspectorate consults on and can change as the scheme does. Projects are shown within 2 km of the site.
Planning Inspectorate project page ↗
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: Richmond 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 about 179 m away: Barnes Common
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.
Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 2
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
Also on the record
Public footpath about 29 m away; 3 listed buildings within 150 m of the postcode pin; Inside the Richmond upon Thames built-up area; Public transport access: PTAL 2 (poor), TfL 2023, for the 100 m square; Metropolitan Open Land about 19 m away; Priority habitat about 26 m away: Deciduous woodland; Open access land about 20 m away: Access Land - Combined Open Country, Registered Common Land and Section 16 Dedicated Land.
Not affected
Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 2 November 2026. The pin for this application is the centre of its postcode rather than the building, so distances to nearby designations are measured from the postcode and can be out by the width of the postcode area. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England, the Planning Inspectorate, 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
Richmond upon Thames
Application type
Full Application
Postcode
SW13 0LF
Received
10 Dec 2025
Validated
10 Dec 2025
Ward
Barnes Ward [BRN], Mortlake & Barnes Common Ward [MRB]
Case officer
Show
Target decision
4 Feb 2026
Decision
Granted Permission
Decision date
16 Jun 2026
Decision level
Delegated Decision
Applicant
Show
Agent
MZA Planning

How this decision compares

Decided in 188 days from validation, 133 days slower than Richmond upon Thames's median of 55 for full applications. Approved, as 77% of full applications here are.

59%decided within 8 weeks
77%approved
356decided in the last year

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

Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP-14289106
Comments by
9 Jan 2026
Site or press notice
19 Dec 2025
Statutory expiry
1 Jan 2026

Historical activity at this location

25 nearby applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.

Within ~100m

Nearby activity

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Installation of balcony and enlarged openings at First Floor on East Elevation
21/0604/FUL
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Replacement French doors and formation of a terrace and associated alterations to the nor…
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Insallation of balcony and new French doors on first floor on North Elevation
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Erection of two rear dormer windows.
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Richmond upon Thames
Planning Authority Score
4.4/10
Below average
#182 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Householder decisions

Richmond upon Thames ranks #130 out of 296 councils for householder decision speed. Richmond 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
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Richmond upon Thames decision statistics
Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026
81%
Overall approval rate
Below avg (87%) #257 of 296
82%
Householder approved
Below avg (90%) #268 of 296
69%
Decided in 8 weeks
Above avg (63%) #130 of 296
35%
Extended time limit
Below avg (41%) #104 of 296
68%
Minor dwellings approved
181 decided (1-9 homes)
100%
Major dwellings approved
3 decided (10+ homes)
47%
Change of use approved
17 decided
1,888
Total decisions
358 refused in the year to March 2026
Source: MHCLG planning statistics · See full council rankings