Planning application
74 St Albans Road Cheam SM1 2JJ
Refused. Only the applicant can appeal, within the statutory time limit, and a revised scheme can be submitted instead.
Proposal
Conversion of garage into habitable room.
As published by the council, reference DM2026/00010
Application record
- Reference
- DM2026/00010
- Type
- Certificate of Proposed Use
- Status
- Application Refused
- Decision
- Application Refused
- Received
- 5 Jan 2026
- Validated
- 5 Jan 2026
- Decided
- 12 Feb 2026
- Ward
- Sutton West & East Cheam
- Decision by
- Delegated Decision
- Postcode
- SM1 2JJ
Site history
Applications at this address on the Sutton register
This site has had 3 applications since 2025: 1 approved, 1 refused.
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DM2026/00752 Decided
74 St Albans Road Cheam SM1 2JJ
Retention of conversion of garage into habitable room involving alteration to fenestration.
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DM2025/01169 Granted
74 St Albans Road Cheam SM1 2JJ
Change of use from Class C3 (Residential) to Class C2 (Childrens Home).
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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5 Jan 2026
Received by Sutton
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12 Feb 2026
Decision issued: Application Refused
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13 Aug 2026
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Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
5 documents on file for this application
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Open the documentsWhat this refusal means
Sutton refused this application for the reasons on the decision notice; only the applicant can appeal, and refused schemes often return in revised form. More in our guide to what happens after a planning decision.
About outline applications
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74 St Albans Road Cheam SM1 2JJ
Change of use from Class C3 (Residential) to Class C2 (Childrens Home).
Granted Outline 10 docs -
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Retention of conversion of garage into habitable room involving alteration to fenestration.
Decided Windows or glazing -
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Withdrawn Amendments Demolition 3 docsSmall domestic
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