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Planning Approval Rates by Ward in Sutton

Planning outcomes in Sutton are highly localised. The gap between the most and least permissive wards is 28.1% — that's not noise, it's a fundamentally different planning environment depending on where you live.

17,407 real decisions·78 wards·Updated March 2026
100.0%
Highest: XXX
71.9%
Lowest: E03
28.1%
Gap
78
Wards
83.9% approved overall. But 2,809 applications refused since 2020. Where you live in Sutton shifts your odds by up to 28.1%. The council average doesn't tell you which side of that gap you're on.

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All 78 wards ranked

#WardDecisionsApprovedRefusedRate
1XXX77770
100.0%
2Adjoining Borough11110
100.0%
3Sutton South35350
100.0%
4SUTTON CENTRAL4454441
99.8%
5THE WRYTHE1321311
99.2%
6CARSHALTON CENTRAL3083053
99.0%
7WORCESTER PARK2362333
98.7%
8WANDLE VALLEY1641613
98.2%
9BELMONT1541513
98.1%
10NONSUCH1811774
97.8%
11BEDDINGTON NORTH2162115
97.7%
12CHEAM2512456
97.6%
13SUTTON WEST1671634
97.6%
14WALLINGTON SOUTH2422366
97.5%
15WALLINGTON NORTH1621584
97.5%
16STONECOT1911856
96.9%
17CARSHALTON SOUTH AND CLOCKHOUSE1561515
96.8%
18BEDDINGTON SOUTH1531485
96.7%
19ST. HELIER97934
95.9%
20Worcester Park North43412
95.3%
21SUTTON NORTH1521439
94.1%
22SUTTON SOUTH17016010
94.1%
23Stonecot77716
92.2%
24Belmont74677
90.5%
25The Wrythe52475
90.4%
26St Helier East41374
90.2%
27Sutton Central56506
89.3%
28Carshalton Central897910
88.8%
29Sutton West & East Cheam70628
88.6%
30Carshalton South & Clockhouse877710
88.5%
31South Beddington & Roundshaw75669
88.0%
32E0423420529
87.6%
33Beddington71629
87.3%
34Wallington North63558
87.3%
35E0116314023
85.9%
36Hackbridge33285
84.8%
37Worcester Park South635310
84.1%
38B0637431460
84.0%
39E0635529758
83.7%
40Cheam1199920
83.2%
41W0630125051
83.1%
42W0334128358
83.0%
43D1738732067
82.7%
44C1230324954
82.2%
45Wallington South675512
82.1%
46W0832126259
81.6%
47A0249840692
81.5%
48C1346037585
81.5%
49E1027922752
81.4%
50D1534027664
81.2%
51North Cheam957718
81.1%
52W0224219646
81.0%
53B0931525560
81.0%
54C1446938089
81.0%
55E0936129269
80.9%
56B0815412430
80.5%
57W0123018545
80.4%
58E0539331578
80.2%
59D1840932881
80.2%
60W0714911831
79.2%
61E0216212834
79.0%
62St Helier West524111
78.8%
63D1633225973
78.0%
64A01459358101
78.0%
65B0535327479
77.6%
66C1033926277
77.3%
67W0425919861
76.4%
68W1032224676
76.4%
69A04590451139
76.4%
70A03458349109
76.2%
71C1129322271
75.8%
72W0924518461
75.1%
73E0725319063
75.1%
74E0828821672
75.0%
75W05547410137
75.0%
76Sutton North896623
74.2%
77B0731423183
73.6%
78E03966927
71.9%
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What the data tells us

1
A 28.1% gap separates the best and worst wards. XXX approves 100.0% of applications while E03 approves just 71.9%. That's a fundamentally different planning environment.
2
High volume doesn't mean high approval. Some of the busiest wards aren't the most permissive. The number of applications a ward processes tells you nothing about how likely yours is to succeed.
3
Ward averages are a starting point, not a guarantee. Your specific outcome depends on your property, your neighbours, your proposal type and the comparable decisions near your address.

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Methodology: Covers 17,407 planning decisions in Sutton, January 2020 to present. Approval rate = approved / (approved + refused). Pending, withdrawn and invalid excluded. Ward boundaries reflect current electoral divisions. Data from Sutton Council's public planning portal. Full methodology →
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