01Sutton, London
Listed building consent drawings for Sutton houses
A listed house in Sutton is one of 209 list entries in a borough of 8 conservation areas, and the council decided just 3 listed building consent applications over its latest four published quarters. With so few precedents, the drawings carry the argument. We draw the existing fabric and the proposal so an officer can see what is kept and what changes.
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02The brief
Where Sutton sets its line on listed buildings
The Sutton Local Plan 2016-2031 allows total or substantial demolition of a listed building in exceptional circumstances only, and any harm has to be weighed against public benefit. That is the council's demolition limit, and it is the only Sutton-specific listed-building test we hold.
For alterations and extensions, which are the usual household cases, national policy is therefore the working standard. Proposals affecting heritage assets need an assessment of significance (including setting) proportionate to the asset's importance. On weight the framework is plain: "Substantial weight to the conservation of designated heritage assets".
03The record
Local figures for Sutton
| Measure | Value | Period | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Total or substantial demolition of a listed building not permitted unless exceptional circumstances outweigh retention; harm must be justified against public benefits | exceptional circumstances only | No period | sutton.gov.uk, Sutton Local Plan 2016-2031 (adopted February 2018), Policy 30 c, e(i) |
| Local plan | Sutton Local Plan 2016-2031 | No period | sutton.gov.uk |
| NPPF Aug 2026, policy HE5(1) | Proposals affecting heritage assets need an assessment of significance (including setting) proportionate to the asset's importance | No period | gov.uk |
| NPPF Aug 2026, policy HE6(1) | Substantial weight to the conservation of designated heritage assets | No period | gov.uk |
| Concessions: application types with no current fee - Listed Building Consent | 0 GBP | No period | ribblevalley.gov.uk |
| Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 s9(1), s9(4) | Works without consent: up to 6 months' imprisonment or a fine on summary conviction; up to 2 years or a fine on indictment | No period | legislation.gov.uk |
| Listed building entries | 209 list entries (Historic England, within the LPA boundary) | No period | planning.data.gov.uk |
| Grade I listed entries | 1 list entries | No period | planning.data.gov.uk |
| Heritage at Risk entries | 7 Heritage at Risk Register entries within the LPA boundary (Historic England) | No period | planning.data.gov.uk |
| Conservation areas | 8 named conservation areas published by the council | No period | planning.data.gov.uk |
| Listed building consent decisions (PS2) | 3 listed building consent decisions (to alter or extend) | 2025 Q2 to 2026 Q1 (1 Apr 2025 to 31 Mar 2026) | assets.publishing.service.gov.uk |
| Listed building consents granted (PS2) | 100 % granted | 2025 Q2 to 2026 Q1 (1 Apr 2025 to 31 Mar 2026) | assets.publishing.service.gov.uk |
A blank value means the figure has not been published, not that there are none. Check your own address with the council.
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04The streets
Householder applications by street in Sutton
| Street | Applications | Approved |
|---|---|---|
| Higher Drive | 35 | 70% |
| Oaks Avenue | 31 | 79% |
| Banstead Road South | 30 | 90% |
| The Gallop | 28 | 93% |
| Ridge Road | 26 | 80% |
| Foresters Drive | 23 | 91% |
| Pine Ridge | 23 | 85% |
| Pine Walk | 23 | 83% |
| Boundary Road | 22 | 76% |
| Caldbeck Avenue | 22 | 73% |
| Cornwall Road | 22 | 82% |
| Carshalton Park Road | 21 | 71% |
| Kingsmead Avenue | 21 | 90% |
| Alington Grove | 20 | 95% |
| Chiltern Road | 20 | 90% |
Counts of householder applications by street; no individual applications are shown. Streets with fewer than five applications are left out.
05The drawing
The listed building consent route
How works to a listed building are consented, from the first survey to the decision.
- A What the council weighs
- Proposals affecting heritage assets need an assessment of significance (including setting) proportionate to the asset's importance
- B The weight given to conservation
- Substantial weight to the conservation of designated heritage assets
- C Sutton: consents decided
- 3 listed building consent decisions (to alter or extend)
- D Sutton: consents granted
- 100 % granted
- E Works without consent
- Works without consent: up to 6 months' imprisonment or a fine on summary conviction; up to 2 years or a fine on indictment
06The detail
A small register, and a short risk list
Sutton's list divides into 1 Grade I, 14 Grade II* and 191 Grade II entries. 7 are on the Heritage at Risk Register, and the council publishes 8 conservation areas.
Of the 3 recent decisions, 100% were grants. That sample is too small to show a pattern, and it is a record of past decisions, not a forecast for your house.
Consent first, then everything else
The national table shows £0 for the consent. A planning application made alongside it carries its own fee, and our fee is a fixed quote after a free constraints check. For a roof storey see mansard roof drawings in Sutton, where the council's rule for rear slopes is firm, and for a lower floor see basement conversion drawings in Sutton.
A summerhouse or office in the grounds needs thought as well. Garden buildings within the curtilage of a listed building are not permitted development, so it needs a planning application of its own before work starts.
07The papers
What the drawings rest on
Measured surveys
08Correspondence
Questions
How do I find out whether my Sutton house is listed?
Look the address up on the Historic England list, or send it to us and we read the entry in the free constraints check. Historic England records 209 entries inside the borough. A house next to a listed building is not listed itself, but national policy asks for the setting of a listed building to be assessed where a proposal affects it.
Someone has already started work on my listed Sutton house without consent. What should I do?
Works without consent: up to 6 months' imprisonment or a fine on summary conviction; up to 2 years or a fine on indictment. Have the work paused, photograph what is left, and send us the images and the address so we can plan the next step with you.
Does Sutton have its own rules for altering a listed house?
The only Sutton-specific listed-building rule we hold concerns demolition, which it permits in exceptional circumstances only. For alterations we draw to national policy and to the list entry for your address.
100%
granted
Listed building consents granted (PS2), Sutton, 2025 Q2 to 2026 Q1 (1 Apr 2025 to 31 Mar 2026). Source: assets.publishing.service.gov.uk
09Further reading
Related pages
Other services in Sutton
Listed building consent drawings nearby
10Sources
Sources and dates
- sutton.gov.uk, retrieved
- sutton.gov.uk, retrieved
- gov.uk, retrieved
- ribblevalley.gov.uk, retrieved
- legislation.gov.uk, retrieved
- planning.data.gov.uk, retrieved
- planning.data.gov.uk, retrieved
- planning.data.gov.uk, retrieved
- assets.publishing.service.gov.uk, retrieved
- legislation.gov.uk, retrieved
Licences
- Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
- Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.
- Contains Historic England data © Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.
- GLA Planning London Datahub, householder applications. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Send us the address of your house.
We look up the conservation area, listing and Article 4 position, then reply with a fixed fee. A message before 3pm is answered the same working day.