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5 Gainsborough Terrace Manor Road Cheam SM2 7AE

DM2026/00045Full ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 15 June 2026

3 conditions

Approximate site (title boundary)
Boundary © HM Land Registry, © Ordnance Survey · details

This information is subject to Crown copyright and database rights 2026 and is reproduced with the permission of HM Land Registry. The polygons (including the associated geometry, namely x, y co-ordinates) are subject to Crown copyright and database rights 2026 Ordnance Survey AC0000851063. Conditions of use.

Proposal

Retention of the change of use from Class C3 (residential) to Class C4 (Small HMO) to provide 4 rooms.

Received
15 January 2026
Public comments
18
Ward
Cheam
  1. Received15 Jan
  2. Validated28 Jan
  3. Consult.
  4. Target6 Jul
  5. Decided15 Jun

Decided in 138 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at 5 Gainsborough Terrace Manor Road Cheam SM2 7AE. Sutton has handled 679 applications of this type. This one was decided in 151 days, 14 weeks longer than Sutton's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 124 applications across Cheam. We hold 537 applications in total for the SM2 postcode area.

88% of full 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
SM2 7AE
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Medium

Planning application dates

Date validated
28 January 2026
Consultation expiry
3 March 2026
Target decision date
6 July 2026

Planning decision

Statutory period
159 days

Publicity

Site notice end
3 March 2026

Additional information

Documents
26
Constraints
13

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

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 (22)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, 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

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

© 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.

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Associated applications

  1. 2026
    21 Jul

    Application to clear condition 3 (Cycle Store Details) of approved application DM2026/00045

    PendingApplicationRelatedCLC2026/00132
  2. 2026
    15 Jan

    Retention of the change of use from Class C3 (residential) to Class C4 (Small HMO) to provide 4 rooms.

    This applicationApprovedFullDM2026/00045

Source: Sutton

Contains public sector information from the Planning London Datahub, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

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