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Ward · London Borough of Sutton

Wallington South.

Wallington South sees an approval rate of 72% — 3 points below the Sutton average across 451 substantive planning decisions, with a refusal rate of 27.8%.[1]

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Wallington South · Sutton
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451
Applications 2020–26
Decided applications
72%
Approval rate
3pp below borough avg (75%)
27.8%
Refusal rate
9th highest of 27
8.7
Avg decision time
Wks · borough avg 9.2
Data from publicly available Sutton planning records and committee minutes, 2020–26.
Ward overview

Wallington South recorded 451 substantive planning decisions over 2020–26, approving 72% of them — 3 percentage points below the Sutton borough average of 75%. Its refusal rate of 27.8% is 9th highest of 27.

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]
WardWallington South
CouncilSutton
Applications451 (2020–26)
Approval rate72%
Refusal rate27.8%
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, 2020–26. · 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.