Help shape Sutton’s future!

Sutton Council is seeking your views on the future shape of the borough to help design the planning and development guidelines it will use over the next fifteen years.

Respond to the Local Plan Consultation
Councillors agreed at a meeting of the Housing, Economy & Business Committee last week to get ideas from residents and businesses on planning issues to help update Sutton’s Local Plan - a key document setting out the vision for development across the borough.

The Local Plan focuses on the key issues that Sutton faces and identifies development needs, and the strategies and opportunities for addressing them. It provides detailed policies for the Council to use when deciding on planning applications and identifies possible sites for development across the borough. 

The consultation will run between Thursday 25 July and Thursday 12 September and is only the first stage of public engagement on the Local Plan. The responses the Council receives will help shape the full draft Local Plan, which will be published for further public consultation in 2025.

Councillor Jake Short, Chair of the Housing Economy and Business Committee at Sutton Council, said:
“The Local Plan seeks to protect what our residents and businesses love about Sutton while also meeting the demands for housing, schools and transport that we know we’re going to need in the future.

“This council consultation will allow residents to identify the issues the borough is facing and potential options for addressing them.

“Please take a look and respond to the consultation. It’s really important we get the views of as many Sutton residents as possible to help positively influence the next version of the Local Plan.”

See the full details of the Local Plan Issues and Preferred Options document on the Sutton Council website.