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40 - 42 High Street Sutton SM1 1HF

DM2025/01188Certificate of Existing UseApproved
Lawful development certificate

Approved on 14 November 2025

Council decision: Application GrantedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Continued use of building as 11 self contained units.

Received
18 September 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Sutton Central
Agent
PPM Planning Limited
  1. Received18 Sep
  2. Validated18 Sep
  3. Consult.
  4. Target13 Nov
  5. Decided14 Nov

Decided in 57 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at 40 - 42 High Street Sutton SM1 1HF. Sutton has handled 87 applications of this type. This one was decided in 57 days. The site is in a conservation area, with 3 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 120 applications across Sutton Central. We hold 847 applications in total for the SM1 postcode area.

89% of amendment applications at London Borough of Sutton were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
SM1 1HF
Application type
Certificate of Existing Use
Scale / size
Medium
Number of dwellings
11

Planning application dates

Date validated
18 September 2025
Target decision date
13 November 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent
PPM Planning Limited
Agent address
185 Casewick Road West Norwwod London SE270TA United Kingdom

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
16
Constraints
91

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

Not published by this council, so not checked: Article 4 directions. Ask the council if these matter.

Possibly incomplete for this council: tree preservation orders.

Also checked, none recorded (20)

flood storage areas, listed buildings, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, nutrient neutrality catchments, national parks, National Landscapes, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves, heritage coasts and brownfield registers.

A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

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© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

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Source: Sutton

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