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Ward · London Borough of Sutton

Carshalton South & Clockhouse.

Carshalton South & Clockhouse sees an approval rate of 81% — 6 points above the Sutton average across 723 substantive planning decisions, with a refusal rate of 18.5%.[1]

Sutton723 applications
Postcodes (centres) shaded by approval rate · click one to open it
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All years · subscriber →across all years on record — a period re-scopes the headline figures and the trend
723
Applications 2016–26
Decided applications
81%
Approval rate
6pp above borough avg (75%)
18.5%
Refusal rate
Lowest in Sutton
8.7
Avg decision time
Wks · borough avg 9.2
Data from publicly available Sutton planning records and committee minutes, 2016–26.
Ward overview

Carshalton South & Clockhouse recorded 723 substantive planning decisions over 2016–26, approving 81% of them — 6 percentage points above the Sutton borough average of 75%. Its refusal rate of 18.5% is lowest in sutton.

Application and refusal breakdown— subscriber data
Residential extension / alteration
New residential
Change of use
Commercial development
Recent planning decisions— subscriber data
Reference
Address
Type
Outcome
Date
Committee members for this ward
Councillor
Party
Role
Interventions
Success rate
Cllr Mark Williams
Labour
Planning committee
23
47%
Cllr Emma Torres
Labour
Ward member
6
33%
Cllr Mark Williams
Labour
Planning committee
23
47%
Cllr Emma Torres
Labour
Ward member
6
33%

Interventions: formal calls to bring an application before committee. Success rate: percentage where the committee sided with the councillor against officer recommendation.

At a glance[1]
WardCarshalton South & Clockhouse
CouncilSutton
Applications723 (2016–26)
Approval rate81%
Refusal rate18.5%
Decision time8.7 wks avg
Ward members2 (both Labour)
Planning constraints[2]
Conservation areas2
Article 4 directions2
Listed buildings17
TPO trees43
Flood zoneZone 1 (low)
Sources & method
  1. [1]Ward approval and refusal rates, application counts and decision-time figures — London Borough of Sutton planning register and published decision notices, 2016–26. · methodology
  2. [2]Conservation areas, Article 4 directions and heritage designations — the borough’s adopted Local Plan and conservation-area appraisals.
  3. [3]Committee interventions and councillor records — public planning committee minutes and published decision notices.
  4. [4]Application-type mix and refusal grounds — case-officer reports coded against the adopted Local Plan, London Plan and NPPF.
Methodology is published in full so every number is traceable to its primary source.