Local development plans

To guide the development of the London Cancer Hub at Belmont, in the south of the borough, the council and its commissioned consultants have produced a number of reports to examine the design and deliverability of the project.

To guide development in Sutton Town Centre and to raise the design standard, the council has produced the Sutton Town Centre Masterplan and associated documents.

Sutton housing studies include the:

• five-year housing land supply assessment
• strategic housing market assessment
• strategic housing and economic land availability assessment
• brownfield land register (published annually and provided under Open Government Licence)

We use studies, such as the employment land review to inform our planning policies.

The studies we use to inform our planning policies include:

• Town Centres and Economic Development Assessment (2015).pdf
• Town Centres and Economic Development Assessment Appendices (2015).pdf
• Sutton Town Centre Health Check (2018).pdf
• District Centre Health Check (2018).pdf
• Local Centres Health Check (2015).pdf
• Local and Town Centres Recommendations (2015).pdf
• Sutton Town Centre Health Check (2022).pdf
• District Centre Health Check (2022).pdf
• Local Centres Health Check (2022).pdf

The studies we use to inform our physical and social infrastructure include:

• Infrastructure Study (2016).pdf
• School Site Search (2015).pdf
• Schools Post Consultation Update (2016).pdf
• Thames Water - Our Long Term Strategy 2015-2040.pdf
• Sutton and East Surrey WaternBusiness Plan 2015-20.pdf
• Thames Catchment Flood Management Plan (EA, 2009).pdf

We use various studies to inform the preservation of Sutton’s distinctive suburban character. This includes:

• conservation area character appraisals
• management plans
• characterisation study
• heritage study
• taller buildings study

Find more information from Historic England on Sutton’s listed buildings.

The studies we use to inform our open space, include:

• Green Belt and MOL Review (2015).pdf
• Green Belt and MOL Report Appendix 1 (2015).pdf
• Green Belt and MOL Report Appendix 2 (2015).pdf
• Green Belt and MOL Report Post Consultation Update.pdf
• Open Space Study (LBS, 2015).pdf

The studies we use to inform our nature conservation, include:

• Sites of Importance for Nature Conservation.pdf
• Biodiversity Action Plan (2010).pdf

All local planning authorities are required to prepare a Strategic Flood Risk Assessment (SFRA). This helps to assess flood risks from all sources and as the basis for applying the ‘sequential’ and exceptions’ tests to potential development sites.

In September 2014, the Council jointly procured consultants to prepare an SFRA for each of the partner Boroughs located within the River Wandle catchment (Sutton, Croydon, Merton and Wandsworth). Sutton’s updated Level 1 SFRA was published in December 2015 and the Level 2 SFRA was published as part of the Local Plan evidence base in March 2017. Find out about our Strategic flood risk assessment.

The studies we use to inform our flood risk and drainage, include:

• Interactive flood maps produced by the Environment Agency
• Local Flood Risk Management Strategy 2015
• Borough preliminary flood risk assessment 2011 (PFRA)
• Borough surface water management plan 2011 (SWMP)