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The Council is proposing to withdraw permitted development rights that allow houses to convert to small houses in multiple occupation (HMO) without planning permission. This will take place through an ‘Article 4 Direction’ and cover the whole of the borough. The effect of the Article 4 Direction is that proposals to convert existing dwellings to HMOs, regardless of their size, would require planning permission.
On 26 February 2018, the London Borough of Sutton adopted the Local Plan as a development plan document (DPD). The Sutton Local Plan sets out the planning strategy and policies for the borough until 2031 and includes an appendix which will appear on the Policies Map.
The Local Plan will set out the overall development strategy for Kingston for the period 2019-2041 to seek to meet the Borough’s objectively assessed needs. It will include both strategic policies and non-strategic policies. The plan will also identify site allocations for different forms of land use, to aid the designation of land for uses such as housing, employment, infrastructure, leisure, open spaces, health, education or community uses, or to afford protection through designations such as Green Belt or Metropolitan Open Land.
The Local Plan will also provide a policy context for Neighbourhood Plans. An adopted Policies Map will sit alongside the Local Plan.
A new Local Plan is needed to conform with the requirements set out in the NPPF (2019), together with the substantial increase in the Borough’s minimum housing requirement as set out in the emerging London Plan. The Council’s current Plans do not adequately demonstrate conformity with these requirements. A further driver for a new Local Plan is that the Council’s current Development Plan Documents no longer reflect how it intends to deliver the growth needs of a rapidly rising population.