Policy information sourced from the Sutton Local Plan 2016-2031

35: Transport Proposals

The council will support and implement transport improvements to expand and enhance the boroughs transport infrastructure in order to widen transport choice and support new development.

a. The council has identified the following highway schemes (as shown on the Policies Map) that, subject to funding, could be implemented during the plan period. This is not an exhaustive list and would not preclude other schemes that may come forward during the plan period and meet the above objectives.

Sutton Town Centre

  • Proposals to transform the existing gyratory system to make the roads less traffic dominated and more pedestrian and cycle friendly, including measures to encourage shared space, reassignment of priorities and landscape improvements.
  • Critical Schemes required regardless of Tramlink
    • Throwley Way / Carshalton Road (A232) / Chalk Pit Way / Manor Park Road junction improvements - by 2021.
    • High Street / Old Gasworks junction improvements - by 2026.
    • Cheam Road (A232) / St Nicholas Way / Sutton Park Road junction improvements - by 2026.
  • Other Schemes
    • Sutton Court Road (A232) / High Street junction improvements.
    • Construction of a new road link between Grove Road and the Brighton Road / High Street junction.
    • A new link connecting the northern end of the High Street and Marshalls Road using Burnell Road and Lewis Road.
    • Crown Road / High Street junction Improvements

London Cancer Hub

Within the borough improvements could be required at the following junctions:

  • Brighton Road / Chiltern Road / Cotswold Road.
  • Brighton Road / Downs Road.
  • Cotswold Road / Downs Road.
  • Belmont Rise (A217) / Cheam Road (A232).
  • Banstead Road South / The Warren.
  • Banstead Road / Staplehurst Road.

Rest of the Borough

  • A scheme to realign and reconstruct Beddington Lane and associated highway/environmental improvements, including pedestrian and cycle improvements, within the Strategic Industrial Location.
  • A traffic management scheme in Carshalton to address traffic and safety issues, involving the diversion of HGVs in a westbound direction via Ruskin Road to relieve congestion and improve safety on the A232 at Carshalton Ponds.
  • Working with Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames and Transport for London to identify and resolve the constraints to traffic flow on the road corridor North Cheam - Worcester Park - Old Malden - A3 Roundabout, to improve traffic flow, bus priority and air quality.

b. In addition, the council will encourage the improvement of public transport services and infrastructure across the borough and measure to promote walking and cycling. The following schemes have been identified but this would not preclude other schemes that may come forward during the plan period and meet the above objectives.

  • Improvements to investigate trains and trams sharing the existing rail corridor between Sutton and Belmont.
  • Improvements to rail capacity and services across the borough.
  • Rail station access and interchange improvements including step free access and improved bus/train interchange facilities/services.
  • Improvements and extensions to bus services and infrastructure, e.g. improvements to frequency and duration of services (such as Sunday services), bus priority measures, improved bus stops and real time information.
  • Improvements to walking and cycling facilities, e.g. both new segregated cycle and shared paths, improved footways and crossings and new cycle ‘Quietways’.

For more information please see the Local Plan 2016-2031