Planning application
Benhill Court 88 Westmead Road Sutton SM1 4HX
Still open. Anyone can comment while the consultation period runs, and comments go to the council rather than to us.
Proposal
Conversion of the garages to a habitable space providing one self-contained residential unit involving the associated external works including formation of a new front entrance. Provision of parking, cycle and refuse stores to the front.
As published by the council, reference DM2026/00872
Application record
- Reference
- DM2026/00872
- Status
- Pending Consideration
- Received
- 17 Jul 2026
- Validated
- 11 Aug 2026
- Ward
- Sutton Central
- Postcode
- SM1 4HX
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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17 Jul 2026
Received by Sutton
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11 Aug 2026
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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12 Aug 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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Decision
Awaiting decision
Decision expected by 6 October 2026, 8 weeks from validation under the statutory target for most applications. Extensions of time are common and are agreed case by case.
Sutton took a median of 56 days over the applications it decided in the last year.
Who's behind it
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Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
17 documents on file for this application
- Bin Store
- Cycle Store
- Floor Plans (Existing)
- Elevations (Existing)
- Elevations (Existing)
- Floor Plans (Proposed)
- Elevations (Proposed)
- Elevations (Proposed)
- Application Form (No personal data)
- Block Plan
- Energy Statement
- Design and Access Statement
- Site Location Plan
- Planning Statement
- Waste management
- BNG Statement
- Transport Statement
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Open the documentsWhat happens while it is decided
This application is with Sutton for determination, against a statutory target of eight weeks. Over the last year Sutton's median decision took 56 days. More in our guide to how long planning decisions take.
About this record
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