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Sutton approved 86.3% of 2,141 householder applications, 2023 Q2 to 2026 Q1. MCIAT-chartered.
Sutton approved 86.3% of 2,141 householder applications, 2023 Q2 to 2026 Q1. MCIAT-chartered.
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Every Sutton postcode district we draw in, the stock that dominates it and the authority that validates a drawing package there. Sutton fees below are the statutory England rates for 2026, not drawing package estimates.
| Postcode | Area | Dominant stock | What it means for a drawing package |
|---|---|---|---|
| KT4 | Worcester Park | 1930s semi-detached | Worcester Park work is not automatically Sutton work. KT4 covers parts of three authorities — Sutton and Kingston upon Thames on the London side, Epsom and Ewell on the Surrey one — and a drawing package is validated by the council the property actually stands in. We have submitted in all three from the same postcode district. |
| SM1 | Sutton | Edwardian terraces, 1930s semi-detached | Sutton sits wholly inside SM1, so Sutton Council validates every drawing package submitted from an SM1 address. |
| SM2 | Sutton / Belmont | Georgian villas, 1930s semi-detached | SM2 covers Sutton / Belmont only; Sutton Council handles the drawing package. |
| SM3 | Cheam / North Cheam | Georgian villas, 1930s semi-detached | Cheam / North Cheam sits wholly inside SM3, so Sutton Council validates every drawing package submitted from an SM3 address. |
| SM5 | Carshalton | Victorian terraces, Georgian villas | A drawing package at an SM5 address in Carshalton is determined by Sutton Council under its own Local Plan policies for Carshalton. |
| SM6 | Wallington / Hackbridge | Edwardian villas, 1930s semi-detached | A drawing package at an SM6 address in Wallington / Hackbridge is determined by Sutton Council under its own Local Plan policies for Wallington / Hackbridge. |
| SM7 | Banstead | 1930s semi-detached dominates; Edwardian terraces and villas in Sutton central; Victorian cottages in Carshalton; post-war in Hackbridge | An SM7 job is submitted to Reigate and Banstead Borough Council. Banstead is in Surrey, the borough boundary with Sutton runs north of the town across the downs, and the SM postcode crossing that boundary changes nothing about jurisdiction. We take Banstead projects on and run them the same way, but they are negotiated with that authority and assessed against its plan. |
Roof pitch, wall build-up and plot depth change every few Sutton streets, and each one changes what a drawing package can achieve at that address.
Sutton conservation designations: there are 17 across Sutton Council, Sutton Central, Carshalton Village, Beddington Park among them. Designation costs a Sutton owner the permitted-development route: a drawing package then needs a £548 householder application over 8 weeks, in place of the £249 prior approval route that takes 6 weeks. Cheam Village is the Sutton designation that most often changes a drawing package design.
No blanket Article 4 over Sutton: Sutton Council has not withdrawn permitted development across Sutton, so a drawing package outside a Sutton conservation area usually keeps it. The £274 Lawful Development Certificate is still the document a KT4 owner wants on file.
What Sutton is built from: 1930s semi-detached dominates; Edwardian terraces and villas in Sutton central; Victorian cottages in Carshalton; post-war in Hackbridge. Outer south London suburban; generally permissive; Carshalton and Cheam conservation areas add heritage in pockets. That mix decides the drawing package route in Sutton more than the postcode does.
Sources for this Sutton drawing package page: borough policies maps and conservation-area registers (2025–26), Royal Mail postcode district boundaries, the Town and Country Planning (Fees for Applications) (England) Regulations, the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 as amended, and the Party Wall etc. Act 1996.
